Ἀριαράμνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎼𐎶𐎴 (a-r-i-y-a-r-m-n /⁠Aryāramna-⁠/, literally the one who creates peace for the Aryans),[1] from 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y, Aryan) + 𐎼𐎶𐎴 (r-m-n, peace, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (to rest) (compare Persian رامش (delight, joy) and آرام (rest, peace), from the same root)).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀριαράμνης • (Ariarámnēs) m (genitive Ἀριαράμνου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Ariaramnes

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: Ariaramnnēs

References

  1. 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 14
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