𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian *Naryasanga-, *Narēsanga-,[1][2] itself inherited from Proto-Iranian *Hnárācánhah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnárāćánsas. Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬋⸱𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (nairiiō.saŋha), Parthian 𐭍𐭓𐭉𐭎𐭇𐭅 (nrysḥw /⁠Narisah⁠/), Sanskrit नराशंस (nárāśáṃsa).

Proper noun

𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩 • (nrsḥy /Narisah, Narseh/)

  1. a male given name, Narseh, Narsah, Narses, Narseus

Descendants
  • Persian: نرسه (narse), نرسی (narsi)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ναρσῆς (Narsês)
  • → Coptic: ⲛⲁⲣⲥⲁⲫ (narsaph)[3]

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 174
  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 258
  3. Pedersen, Nils Arne. “A Manichaean Historical Text.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 119, 1997, pp. 193–201. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20190115. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021.
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