𐎶𐎠𐎭

Old Persian

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly related to Old Persian *madyānah (“middle”) (whence Persian میان (/⁠miyân⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *madyānah (“middle”), from *mádyah.[1]

Noun

𐎶𐎠𐎭 (m-a-d /Māda/) m

  1. Median (native or inhabitant of the ancient region of Media in modern Iran) (usually male)

Proper noun

𐎶𐎠𐎭 (m-a-d /Mādaʰ/)

  1. Media (a geographic region and ancient satrapy of the Persian Empire in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes)
  2. Media (a possible ancient kingdom ruled by the Medes from approximately 700 to 550 BCE, whose extent and sometimes even existence is debated)
    𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭 𐏐 ― iyam Māda ― this is Media

Descendants

  • Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾy /⁠Māy⁠/)
  • → Persian: ماد (mād) (learned)
  • → Akkadian:[1]
    Late Babylonian: 𒈠𒁕𒀀 (ma-da-a /⁠Madaya⁠/), 𒈠𒁕𒀀𒀀 (ma-da-a-a /⁠Madāya⁠/), 𒆳𒁕𒀀𒀀 (mad-da-a-a /⁠Madāya⁠/), 𒁁𒀜𒁕𒀀𒀀 (mádad-da-a-a /⁠Madāya⁠/)
  • → Aramaic:
    → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡃𐡉 (mdy)[1]
  • → Egyptian:
    Demotic: mdy[1]
    Late Egyptian:
    (mꜥdy)[2][3]
  • → Elamite:[1]
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒆪 (ma-da /⁠Mada⁠/), 𒈠𒀜𒁕 (ma-ad-da /⁠Mada⁠/), 𒈠𒆪𒁁 (ma-da-be /⁠Madabe⁠/), 𒈠𒌨 (ma-taš /⁠Mataš⁠/)
  • → Lycian: 𐊎𐊁𐊅𐊁 (Mede)[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 27
  2. ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R02, m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media), Livius.org
  3. ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 183
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