Reconstruction:Old Persian/Bagadātaʰ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *BágadaHtah. Equivalent to 𐏎 (BG /bagaʰ/, “god”) +‎ 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /dātaʰ/, “given, created”).

Proper noun

*Bagadātaʰ m[1][2][3]

a male given name

Descendants

(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):

Middle Persian: (/Baydād/)
Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲‎ (bgdt), 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭠𐭲𐭩‎ (bgdʾty)
- Persian: بغداد‎ (Baghdad) (most likely)
→ Akkadian:[3]
Late Babylonian: 𒁀𒀝𒁕𒌈 (ba-ag-da-tu₄ /Bagdatu/), 𒁀𒂵𒀪𒁕𒀀𒋫 (ba-ga-ʾ-da-a-ta /Bagaʾdāta/), 𒁀𒂵𒀪𒁕𒀀𒋫𒀪 (ba-ga-ʾ-da-a-ta-ʾ /Bagaʾdātaʾ/), 𒁀𒂵𒀪𒁕𒀀𒋾 (ba-ga-ʾ-da-a-ti /Bagaʾdāti/), 𒁀𒂵𒀪𒁕𒀀𒌅 (ba-ga-ʾ-da-a-tú /Bagaʾdātu/), 𒁀𒂵𒀪𒁕𒀜𒋫𒀪 (ba-ga-ʾ-da-at-ta-ʾ /Bagaʾdātaʾ/), 𒁀𒂵𒀪𒁕𒋫𒀪 (ba-ga-ʾ-da-ta-ʾ /Bagaʾdataʾ/), 𒁀𒂵𒁕𒀀𒋾 (ba-ga-da-a-ti /Bagadāti/), 𒁀𒂵𒁕𒀀𒌓 (ba-ga-da-a-tú /Bagadātu/), 𒁀𒂵𒁕𒀀𒌈 (ba-ga-da-a-tu₄ /Bagadātu/), 𒁀𒂵𒁕𒁺 (ba-ga-da-du /Bagadadu/), 𒄷𒁕𒁕 (bag-da-da /Bagdada/), 𒁀𒄀𒁕𒀀𒌓 (ba-ge-da-a-tú /Bagedātu/), 𒀭𒈨𒌍𒁕𒀀𒋫 (DINGIR.MEŠ-da-a-ta /Bagadāta/)[3]
→ Aramaic:[3]
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡂𐡃𐡕‎ (bgdt)
→ Egyptian:
Demotic: [script needed] (pgtt)
→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒀝𒆪𒀜𒆪 (ba-ak-da-ad-da /Bakdada/), 𒁀𒀝𒆪𒌓𒆪 (ba-ak-da-ud-da /Bakdauda/), 𒁀𒅅𒆪𒌓𒆪 (ba-ik-da-ud-da /Baikdauda/), 𒁀𒋡𒆪𒀜 (ba-ka₄-da-ad /Bakadad/), 𒁀𒋡𒆪𒀜𒆪 (ba-ka₄-da-ad-da /Bakadada/), 𒁀𒋡𒆪𒆪 (ba-ka₄-da-da /Bakadada/), 𒁀𒋡𒆪𒌓𒆪 (ba-ka₄-da-ud-da /Bakadauda/)
→ Ancient Greek: Βαγαδάτες (Bagadátes), Βαγαδάτης (Bagadátēs), Μαγαδάτες (Magadátes) (possibly from a Proto-Armenian form)
- → Latin: Bagadates
  - → English: Bagadates
→ Old Armenian: Բագադիա (Bagadia)[4]

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, § 8.192, page 135: “Ba-ka-da-da”
Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Bagadāta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 57a
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 132
Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942), “Բագարատ”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʿyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 355

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, § 8.192, page 135: “Ba-ka-da-da”

[2] Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Bagadāta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 57a

[Tavernier-3] 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 132

[4] Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942), “Բագարատ”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʿyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 355