Reconstruction:Old Median/Huvaxšarah

This Old Median entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Median

Etymology

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Proper noun

*Huvaxšarah m[1][2]

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Κυαξάρης (Kuaxárēs)
    • Greek: Κυαξάρης (Kyaxáris)
    • Latin: Cyaxares
  • Lycian: 𐊇𐊀𐊜𐊖𐊖𐊁𐊕𐊁 (waχssere), 𐊇𐊁𐊜𐊖𐊖𐊁𐊕𐊁 (weχssere)
  • Phrygian: [script needed] (ksuwaksaros)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.873. *(H)uvaxšara-: *(H)uva-xš-ara-”, in 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 217
  2. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt (2011) Iranische Personennamen in de Griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. [Iranian Personal Names in Greek Literature before Alexander the Great] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch) (in German), volume 5A, pages 216-218