𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁

Old Persian

Etymology

From *haxā (“friend, companion”) +‎ *maniš (“thought, mind”).[1][2][3][4]

Proper noun

𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (h-x-a-m-n-i-š /Haxāmaniš/)

  1. a male given name: Achaemenes

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒀀𒄩𒈠𒉌𒅖𒀪 (a-ḫa-ma-ni-iš-ʾ /⁠Aḫamanišʾ⁠/)[4]
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs)
  • → Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡇𐡌𐡍𐡔 (ʾḥmnš)[4]
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄩𒀝𒋡𒌋𒌋𒉡𒆜 (ha-ak-ka₄-man-nu-iš /⁠Hakamanuiš⁠/)[4]

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3. men-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 727-728
  2. Kent, Roland G. (1950) “Haxāmaniš-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 212
  3. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “sákhāy-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 684-685
  4. 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 17
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