𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁
Old Persian
Etymology
From *haxā (“friend, companion”) + *maniš (“thought, mind”).[1][2][3][4]
Proper noun
𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (h-x-a-m-n-i-š /Haxāmaniš/)
- a male given name, Achaemenes
Derived terms
- 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 (h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-y /Haxāmanišiya/)
Descendants
- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒀀𒄩𒈠𒉌𒅖𒀪 (a-ḫa-ma-ni-iš-ʾ /Aḫamanišʾ/)[4]
- → Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs)
- Greek: Αχαιμένης (Achaiménis)
- → Latin: Achaemenes
- English: Achaemenes, Achæmenes (archaic)
- French: Achéménès, Achæménès, Achémène, Achæmène (archaic)
- German: Achämenes
- Italian: Achemene
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡇𐡌𐡍𐡔 (ʾḥmnš)[4]
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄩𒀝𒋡𒌋𒌋𒉡𒆜 (ha-ak-ka₄-man-nu-iš /Hakamanuiš/)[4]
(learned borrowings from Old Persian):
- → Arabic: هَخَامَنِش (haḵāmaniš) (learned)
- → Azerbaijani: Həxaməniş (learned)
- → Dari: هَخَامَنِش (haxāmaniš) (learned)
- → English: Hakhamanish (learned)
- → German: Hachamanisch (learned)
- → Iranian Persian: هَخامَنِش (haxâmaneš) (learned)
- → Russian: Хахаманиш (Xaxamaniš) (learned)
- → Tajik: Ҳахоманиш (Haxomaniš) (learned)
- → Turkish: Hahameniş (learned)
- → Urdu: ہَخامَنِش (haxāmaniś) (learned)
- → Uzbek: Haxomanish (learned)
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3. men-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 727-728
- ^ Kent, Roland G. (1950) “Haxāmaniš-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 212
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “sákhāy-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 684-685
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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 17