šŽ šŽ¼šŽ·šŽ”šŽ“šŽ¹

Old Persian
An early 5th century BC relief of an Armenian tribute bearer. This relief is from the eastern stairs leading to the Apadana at Persepolis.

Etymology

Masculine gender adjective formed from šŽ šŽ¼šŽ·šŽ”šŽ“ (a-r-mi-i-n /ā Arminaā /, ā€œArmeniaā€) +ā€Ž -šŽ”šŽ¹ (-i-y /ā -yaŹ°ā /, adjectival suffix), used as a substantive.

Noun

šŽ šŽ¼šŽ·šŽ”šŽ“šŽ¹ (Arminiya)

  1. an Armenian
    • late 6th century BC, Darius the Great, Behistun Inscription, Column 2, lines 29-31
      ...Īøātiy DārayavauÅ” xŔāyaĪøiya DādarÅ”iÅ” nāma Arminiya manā badaka avam adam frāiÅ”ayam Arminam avaĪøāŔaiy aĪøaham paraidiy kāra hya hamiƧiva manā naiy gaubataiy avam jadiy...
      King Darius says: An Armenian named DādarŔi, my servant, I sent into Armenia, and I said unto him: 'Go, smite that host which is in revolt and does not acknowledge me.'
    • late 6th century BC, Darius the Great, Behistun Inscription, Column 3, lines 76-83
      ...Īøātiy DārayavauÅ” xŔāyaĪøiya yātā adam Pārsaiy u[t]ā Mādaiy āham patiy duvitĆ®yam Bābiruviyā hamiƧiyā abava hacāma I martiya Arxa nāma Arminiya Halditahya puƧa hauv udapatatā Bābirauv Dubāla nāmā dahyāuÅ” hacā avadaÅ”a hauv kārahyā avaĪøā adurujiya adam Nabukudracara amiy hya Nabunaitahya puƧa pasāva kāra Bābiruviya hacāma hamiƧiya abava abiy avam Arxam aÅ”iyava Bābirum hauv agarbāyatā hauv xŔāyaĪøiya abava Bābirauv...
      King Darius says: While I was in Persia and in Media, the Babylonians revolted from me a second time. A certain man named Arakha, an Armenian, son of Haldita, rebelled in Babylon. At a place called Dubāla, he lied unto the people, saying: 'I am Nebuchadnezzar, the son of Nabonidus.' Then did the Babylonian people revolt from me and they went over to that Arakha. He seized Babylon, he became king in Babylon.
  2. Armenia

Descendants
  • ā†’ Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: š’„Æš’Œ‹š’Œ‹š’‰”š’…€ (har-man-nu-ia /ā Harmanuyaā /), š’„Æš’ˆŖš’‰” (har-mi-nu /ā Harminuā /), š’„Æš’ˆŖš’‰”š’…€ (har-mi-nu-ia /ā Harminuyaā /)[1]

See also

References
  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550ā€“330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, ā†’ISBN, page 93
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