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Reconstruction:Old Persian/Bagapātaʰ
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Old Persian
Etymology
From 𐏎 (BG /bagaʰ/, “god”) + 𐎱𐎠𐎫 (p-a-t /pātaʰ/, “protected”).[1][2]
Proper noun
*Bagapātaʰ m[3][1][2]
- A male given name
Derived terms
- *Bagapātāta
Descendants
(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):
- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: [script needed] (bag-ʾ-a-pa-a-tu₄), [script needed] (ba-ga-ʾ-pa-a-tú), [script needed] (ba-ga-ʾ-pa-da), [script needed] (ba-ga-pa-a-ta), [script needed] (ba-ga-pa-a-tu₄), [script needed] (ba-ga-pa-da)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡂𐡐𐡕 (bgpt)
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: [script needed] (ba-ka₄-ba-ad-da), [script needed] (ba-ka₄-ba-da), [script needed] (ba-ka₄-ba-ud-da)
- → Ancient Greek: Βαγαπάτης (Bagapátēs), Μεγαβάτης (Megabátēs)
- → Lycian: 𐊎𐊀𐊄𐊀𐊂𐊀𐊗𐊀 (magabata)
References
- Hinz, Walther, “*bagapāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1975, page 58
- Tavernier, Jan, “4.2.275. *Bagapāta-: Baga-pāta-”, 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, 2007, →ISBN, page 137
- Justi, Ferdinand, “Βαγαπάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1895, page 57b