Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tastūnā

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms 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

From 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /artaʰ/, “Asha; truth”) +‎ 𐎿𐎬𐎢𐎴𐎠 (stūnā, “pillar, column”).[1][2][3]

Proper noun

*R̥tastūnā m (proper noun)[4][1][2][3]

a unisex given name

Descendants

→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒆪𒆜𒁺𒈾 (ir-da-iš-du-na /Irdaišduna/), 𒅕𒌨𒁺𒈾 (ir-taš-du-na /Irtašduna/)
→ Ancient Greek: Ἀρτυστώνη (Artustṓnē)
- → Latin: Artystōnē

References

Schmitt, Rüdiger (1986), “ARTYSTONE”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition‎, New York
Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1502. *Ṛtastūnā-; 4.2.1503. *Ṛtastūnā-”, 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 301
Hinz, Walther (1975), “*rtastūnā-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 215
Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Ἀρτυστώνη”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 40b

[Iranica-1] Schmitt, Rüdiger (1986), “ARTYSTONE”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition‎, New York

[Tavernier-2] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1502. *Ṛtastūnā-; 4.2.1503. *Ṛtastūnā-”, 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 301

[Hinz-3] Hinz, Walther (1975), “*rtastūnā-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 215

[4] Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Ἀρτυστώνη”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 40b