طهماسب

Persian

Alternative forms

تهماسب‎ (tahmâsb)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭲𐭧𐭬(𐭩)𐭠𐭮𐭯‎ (tḥm(y)ʾsp /Tahmāsp/, a male given name, literally “having brave horses”), a bahuvrihi compound for whose constituents see Persian ‎ (tahm, “brave”) and ‎ (asb, “horse”). Akin to Elamite 𒁹𒎕𒈠𒀾𒁀 (^mtam₅-ma-áš-ba /Tammašba/), borrowed from the Old Iranian form of the same name.

The proposed identification with Avestan 𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬁𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬥𐬀‎ (tumāspana, a give name, literally “with fat horses”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *tum-, should be rejected.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tahˈmɑːsb/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /tahˈmɑːsb/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /tæhˈmɒːsb/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /tahˈmɔsb/

Proper noun

Iranian Persian	طهماسب
Dari	طهماسب
Tajik	Таҳмосб, Таҳмосп (Tahmosb, Tahmosp)

طهماسب • (tahmâsb)

a male given name, Tahmasb, from Middle Persian
1. (Iranian mythology) A character in Shahnameh
2. (historical) Name of two kings of Safavid Persia.

Related terms

تهم‎ (tahm)
اسب‎ (asb)

Descendants

→ Armenian: Թահմազ (Tʿahmaz), ⇒ Թահմազյան (Tʿahmazyan)
→ Georgian: თამაზ (tamaz)
- → Ossetian: Таймаз (Tajmaz)

References

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Hinz, Walther (1975), “*tahmāspa”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 232
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Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Tahmāsp”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 319ab
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Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, § 8.1606, page 237