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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

Alternative forms
  • *Mitrafarnāh, *Miθrahwarnāh

Etymology

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

Proper noun

*Miθrafarnāh m[3][1][2]

  1. a male given name

Descendants
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠Mihrxwarr, Mihrfarr⁠/)
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭬𐭲𐭥𐭤𐭥𐭫 (mtrhwl)
    • → Parthian:
      Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭌𐭕𐭓𐭐𐭓𐭉 (mtrpry /⁠Mihrfarr⁠/)
    • → Sogdian:
      Sogdian: 𐼺𐼷𐽀𐼾𐽀 (myrpr /⁠Mīrfar⁠/)
  • → Ancient Greek: Μιθραφέρνης (Mithraphérnēs), Μιτραφέρνης (Mitraphérnēs)
  • → Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡐𐡓𐡍 (mtrprn)

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθrafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 167
  2. 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 (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 213b
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