< Reconstruction:Old Persian
Reconstruction:Old Persian/Bagaciθraʰ
Old Persian
Etymology
From 𐏎 (BG /bagaʰ/, “god”) + *ciθraʰ (“shining; appearance; lineage”).[1][2]
Proper noun
*Bagaciθraʰ m[3][1][2]
- A male given name
Descendants
(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡂𐡔𐡕𐡓 (bgštr)
- → Ancient Greek: Μεγασίδρης (Megasídrēs)
- Greek: Μεγασίδρης (Megasídris)
- → Latin: Megasidrēs
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975) , “*bagačiθra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 54
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) , “4.2.243. *Bagačiθra-”, 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 132
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) , “Bagačiþra”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 57b