Reconstruction:Old Median/R̥zifyah

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

From *r̥zifyah. Cognate with Old Persian *R̥difyah.[1]

Proper noun

*R̥zifyah

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Ἀρζύβιος (Arzúbios), Ἀρζίβιος (Arzíbios)
  • Aramaic:
    • Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡐𐡉 (ʾrzpy)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1553 *Ṛzifya-”, 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 308