Reconstruction:Old Persian/Mazdāyah

This Old Persian 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 Persian

Etymology

From *Mazdā (“deity Ahura Mazda”) +‎ 𐎹 (y /⁠*-yaʰ⁠/, adjectival suffix).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Proper noun

*Mazdāyah (/Mazdāyah/) (feminine *Mazdāyā)

a male given name

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Μαζαῖος (Mazaîos)
→ Aramaic:
- → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡆𐡃𐡉 (mzdy)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*mazdāyā̆-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 164
^ 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 244
^ * Ernst Badian, "MAZAEUS" in Encyclopædia Iranica, April 21, 2015

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*mazdāyā̆-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 164

[2] 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 244

[3] * Ernst Badian, "MAZAEUS" in Encyclopædia Iranica, April 21, 2015

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