< Reconstruction:Old Persian
Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθrāvahištaʰ
Old Persian
Etymology
From 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /Miθraʰ/, “Mithra”) + *vahištaʰ (“best”).[1][2]
Proper noun
*Miθrāvahištaʰ m[3][1][2]
- A male given name
Descendants
- → Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡅𐡄𐡔𐡕 (mtrwhšt)
- → Ancient Greek: Μιθραύστης (Mithraústēs), Μιθρώστης (Mithrṓstēs)
References
- Hinz, Walther, “*miθrāvahišta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1975, page 303
- Tavernier, Jan, “4.2.1122. *Miθrāvahišta-”, 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, “Miþrawahišta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1895, page 216b-217a