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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cwaHdaHpatiš
Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From *cwáHdaH (“army”) + *pati- (“lord”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master”)).
Noun
*cwaHdaHpatiš
- general, commander
Descendants
- Middle Median: *aspāδapat, *aspāδapati (early form), *aspāhapet (late form)
- → Old Armenian: ասպարապետ (asparapet), ասպահապետ (aspahapet)
- Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧𐭯𐭲𐭩 (spāhbed), [script needed] (spāhbedān spāhbed), [script needed] (Ērān-spāhbed, “generalissimo; commander in chief”)
- Persian: سپهبد (sepahbod), اسپهبد (espahbod), سپاهبد (sepâhbad), سپاهبذ (sepâhbaz), اسپاهبذ (espâhboz), اسپهبذ (espahboz), اسبهبد (esbahbad), اسبهبد (esbahbaz), اسفهبد (esfahbad, esfahbod), اسفهبذ (esfahbaz)
- → Ottoman Turkish: سپهبد (sipehbüd), اسپهبد (ispehbed), اسفهبد (isfehbed)
- → Ancient Greek: ἀσπαβέδης (aspabédēs), Ασπετιος (Aspetios), Ασπεϝεδες (Aspewedes), Ασπεβεδες (Aspebedes) (or all from [Term?] (/Aspbed/) or its cognates)
- → Arabic: إِصْبَهْبَذ (ʾiṣbahbaḏ), أَصْبَهْبَذ (ʾaṣbahbaḏ), صِبَهْبَذ (ṣibahbaḏ)
- → Persian: اصفهبد (esfahbad)
- → Old Armenian: սպայապետ (spayapet) (possibly)
- → Classical Syriac: ܐܣܦܗܒܝܕ (sphbyd), [script needed] (aspabid), [script needed] (astabid)
- Persian: سپهبد (sepahbod), اسپهبد (espahbod), سپاهبد (sepâhbad), سپاهبذ (sepâhbaz), اسپاهبذ (espâhboz), اسپهبذ (espahboz), اسبهبد (esbahbad), اسبهبد (esbahbaz), اسفهبد (esfahbad, esfahbod), اسفهبذ (esfahbaz)
- Parthian: 𐭎𐭐𐭀𐭃𐭐𐭕𐭉 (spʾdpty)
- → Old Armenian: սպարապետ (sparapet)
- Armenian: սպարապետ (sparapet)
- → English: sparapet
- Armenian: սպարապետ (sparapet)
- → Old Armenian: սպարապետ (sparapet)
- Sogdian:
- → Georgian: სპასპეტი (sṗasṗeṭi)
- → English: spaspet
References
- http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/astabed
- http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/spahbed