Μαιδάτας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *Māhīdātaʰ (“given/created by Māhī (the Moon-goddess)”)[1][2]
Proper noun
Μαιδάτας • (Maidátas) m (indeclinable)[3]
- A male given name from Old Persianː Maedatas
- An Achaemenid cavalry commander
- A magistrate of Anisa
Descendants
- Greek: Μαιδάτας (Maidátas)
- → Latin: Maedatas
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. *Māhīdāta-”, 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 237
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) , “Mahdāt”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 185b