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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.
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Etymology
From *r̥zifyah. Cognate with Old Persian *R̥difyah.[1]
Proper noun
*R̥zifyah
- a male given name
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: Ἀρζύβιος (Arzúbios), Ἀρζίβιος (Arzíbios)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡐𐡉 (ʾrzpy)
References
- ^ 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