Reconstruction:Old Persian/Vātafradātaʰ

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 *vātaʰ (“wind; wind-god Vata”, from Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah) +‎ *fradātaʰ (“bestowed”), from Proto-Iranian *fradaHtáh, from *fra- +‎ *daHtáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰaHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-tó-s, from *dʰeh₁- +‎ *-tós.

Proper noun

*Vātafradātaʰ m[1][2][3]

a male given name

Descendants

→ Aramaic:
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡅𐡕𐡐𐡓𐡃𐡕‎ (wtprdt)[4][5]
→ Ancient Greek: Αὐτοφραδάτης (Autophradátēs)[2]
→ Lycian: 𐊇𐊀𐊗𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊅𐊅𐊀𐊗𐊀 (Wataprddata)[2]

References

Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Αὐτοφραδάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 52-53
Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1823. *Vātafradāta-”, 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 341
Hinz, Walther (1975), “*vātafradāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 258
Khodadad Rezakhani, Onomastica Persida: Names of the Rulers of Persis in the Seleucid and Arsacid Periods, Ancient Iranian Numismatics, 2000, pp. 129–135.
Gikyo Ito, Gathica XIV-XV: Syenian Frataraka and Persid Fratarak: New Iranian Elements in Ancient Aramaic, Orient, 1976, p. 47-66.

[1] Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Αὐτοφραδάτης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 52-53

[Tavernier-2] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1823. *Vātafradāta-”, 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 341

[3] Hinz, Walther (1975), “*vātafradāta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 258

[4] Khodadad Rezakhani, Onomastica Persida: Names of the Rulers of Persis in the Seleucid and Arsacid Periods, Ancient Iranian Numismatics, 2000, pp. 129–135.

[5] Gikyo Ito, Gathica XIV-XV: Syenian Frataraka and Persid Fratarak: New Iranian Elements in Ancient Aramaic, Orient, 1976, p. 47-66.