Reconstruction:Old Persian/Māhīdātaʰ

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

Etymology

Literally literally "given/created by Māhi (the Moon)", composed of *Māhi (“the Moon-deity”) +‎ 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /dātaʰ/, “given, created”)[1][2].

Cognate with Parthian 𐭌𐭄𐭃𐭕‎ (Māhdāt).

Proper noun

*Māhīdātaʰ m[3][1][2]

A male given name

Descendants

(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):

Persian: ماهداد‎ (Māhdād)
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒀀𒆪𒆪 (ma-a-da-da)
→ Ancient Greek: Μαιδάτας (Maidátas)
- Greek: Μαιδάτας (Maidátas)
- → Latin: Maedatas
→ Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡄𐡃𐡕‎ (mhdt)
→ Latin: Maedates

References

Hinz, Walther (1975) , “*māhīdāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 156
Tavernier, Jan (2007) , “4.2.1023. *Māhidāta-”, 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, →ISBN, page 249
Justi, Ferdinand (1895) , “Mahdāt”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 185b

[Hinz-1] Hinz, Walther (1975) , “*māhīdāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 156

[Tavernier-2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) , “4.2.1023. *Māhidāta-”, 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, →ISBN, page 249

[3] Justi, Ferdinand (1895) , “Mahdāt”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 185b