𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴

𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴

Old Persian

Etymology

Compare Parthian ʾpdn(y) (apadan), ʾpdnk(y) (apadanak), Manichaean Parthian ʾpdn, ʾfdn (afdan, “palace”), and borrowings Old Armenian ապարանք (aparankʿ), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אפדנא‎, Classical Syriac ܐܦܕܢܐ‎ (ʾāppaḏnāʾ), Hebrew אפדן‎, Arabic فدن‎ (fadan).

Noun

𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴 (apadāna) m

1. hypostyle hall
2. citadel
3. apadana

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (ʾʾywn /āywan/, “palace”)

  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾdwn' /ēwan/, “stalk, trunk”)

  • Persian: ایوان‎ (eyvân)
    • → Arabic: إيوان‎ (ʾīwān)
      • → English: iwan, liwan
• → Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܐܦܕܢܐ‎ (ʾāppaḏnāʾ)
    • → Arabic: فدن‎ (fadan)
  • → Hebrew: אפדנא‎