Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθrafarnāh

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 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /⁠Miθraʰ⁠/, “Mithra”) +‎ *farnāh (“glory”).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Miθrafarnāh m^[3]^[1]^[2]

a male given name

Descendants

→ Imperial Aramaic: [𐡌𐡕]𐡓𐡐𐡓𐡍 ([mt]rprn)
→ Ancient Greek: Μιθραφέρνης (Mithraphérnēs), Μιτραφέρνης (Mitraphérnēs)
→ Parthian: 𐭌𐭕𐭓𐭐𐭓𐭍 (mtrprn /⁠Mihrfarn⁠/)
→ Sogdian: 𐼺𐼷𐽀𐼾𐽀𐼻 (myrprn /⁠Mi(h)rfarn⁠/)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1110. *Miθrafarnā”, 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 250
^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Μιτραφέρνης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 213b

[Hinz-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1110. *Miθrafarnā”, 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 250

[3] Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Μιτραφέρνης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 213b

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