Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθrafarnāʰ

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*Mitrafarnāʰ, *Miθrahwarnāʰ

Etymology

From 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /Miθraʰ/, “Mithra”) +‎ *farnah (“glory”).[1][2]

Proper noun

*Miθrafarnāʰ m[3][1][2]

A male given name

Descendants

Middle Persian: (/Mihrxwarr, Mihrfarr/)
Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭬𐭲𐭥𐭤𐭥𐭫‎ (mtrhwl)
- → Parthian:
  Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭌𐭕𐭓𐭐𐭓𐭉‎ (mtrpry /Mihrfarr/)
- → Sogdian:
  Sogdian: 𐼺𐼷𐽀𐼾𐽀‎ (myrpr /Mīrfar/)
→ Aramaic:
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡐𐡓𐡍‎ (mtrprn)
→ Ancient Greek: Μιθραφέρνης (Mithraphérnēs), Μιτραφέρνης (Mitraphérnēs)

References

Hinz, Walther, “*miθrafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1975, page 167
Tavernier, Jan, “4.2.1110. *Miθrafarnā”, 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 250
Justi, Ferdinand, “Μιτραφέρνης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1895, page 213b

[Hinz-1] Hinz, Walther, “*miθrafarnah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1975, page 167

[Tavernier-2] Tavernier, Jan, “4.2.1110. *Miθrafarnā”, 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 250

[3] Justi, Ferdinand, “Μιτραφέρνης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1895, page 213b