< Reconstruction:Old Persian
Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθraupastāʰ
Old Persian
Etymology
From 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /Miθraʰ/, “Mithra”) + 𐎢𐎱𐎿𐎫𐎠 (u-p-s-t-a /upastā/, “assistance, help”).[1][2]
Proper noun
*Miθraupastāʰ m[3][1][2]
- A male given name
Descendants
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡅𐡐𐡎𐡕 (mtrwpst)
- → Ancient Greek: Μιθρωπάστης (Mithrōpástēs), Μιθροπαύστης (Mithropaústēs)
References
- Hinz, Walther, “*miθraupastā-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1975, page 168
- Tavernier, Jan, “4.2.1121. *Miθraupastā-”, 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 252
- Justi, Ferdinand, “Μιθροπαύστης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1895, page 216b