< Reconstruction:Old Persian
Reconstruction:Old Persian/Ciçafarnāʰ
Old Persian
Alternative forms
- *Ciθrafarnāʰ
Etymology
From 𐎨𐎡𐏂 (čiçaʰ, “shining; appearance; lineage”) + *farnah (“glory”).[1][2]
Proper noun
*Ciçafarnāʰ m[3][1][2]
- A male given name
Descendants
- → Lycian: 𐊋𐊆𐊈𐊈𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 (Kizzaprñna), 𐊈𐊆𐊖𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 (Zisaprñna)
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡔𐡔𐡐𐡓𐡍 (ššprn)
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: [script needed] (zí-iš-šá-bar-na)
- → Ancient Greek: Τισσαφέρνης (Tissaphérnēs)
References
- Hinz, Walther, “*čiçafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1975, page 72
- Tavernier, Jan, “*4.2.399. *Čiçafarnā”, 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 154-155
- Justi, Ferdinand, “Čiθrafarnā”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1895, page 164a