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Reconstruction:Old Persian/Ciθrafarnāʰ
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Old Persian
Alternative forms
- *Ciçafarnāʰ
Etymology
From *ciθraʰ (“shining; appearance; lineage”) + *farnah (“glory”).
Proper noun
*Ciθrafarnāʰ m
- A male given name
Descendants
- → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒍢𒌓𒊏𒁇𒈾 (zí-ut-ra-bar-na)
- → Ancient Greek: Τετραφέρνης (Tetraphérnēs)
- → Neo-Assyrian: 𒅆𒋛𒀀𒉺𒅈𒈾 (ši-ṭir-pa-ar-na)
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand, “Čiçafarnā”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1895, page 164
- Hinz, Walther, “*čiθrafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1975, page 74
- Tavernier, Jan, “*4.2.423. *Čiθrafarnā”, 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 158