Μαΐφαρνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Scythian *Māhīfārnā (“glory of Māhī (the Moon)”)[1][2][3].
Compare Ancient Greek Μαιφέρνης (Maiphérnēs), from Old Persian *Māhīfarnāʰ.
Proper noun
Μαΐφαρνος • (Maḯpharnos) m (indeclinable)
- a male given name from Scythian: Maipharnos, son of Theoteimos, ruler of Pontic Olbia
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 156-157
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 237
- Edward Lipiński (1975), Studies in Aramaic Inscriptions and Onomastics, Volume 1, Leuven, Peeters Publishers