𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹

𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹

Old Persian

Etymology

Meaning and etymology still uncertain, Supposed by some scholars to be related to Kamboja, although "there are also scholars who denounce a connection between Kamboja and Kambujiya [...] and who defend another etymology"[1].

Proper noun

𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (k-b-u-ji-i-y /Kaᵐbūjiya/)

1. a male given name: Cambyses

Descendants

• Persian: کمبوجیه‎ (Kambūjiye) (right loanword)
  • Iranian Persian: کامبیز‎ (Kāmbīz) (via French)
• → Akkadian:[1]

  Late Babylonian: akk-lbb (kam-bu-zi-iá /Kambuzia/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒐊 (gab-b[u-zi]-iá /Gabuzia/), 𒃮𒁍𒍣𒐊 (gam-bu-zi-ia /Gambuzia/), 𒃵𒁍𒍣𒅀 (gam-bu-zi-iá /Gambuzia/), 𒃵𒁍𒍣𒐊 (ka-am-bu-zi-iá /Kambuzia/), 𒅗𒄠𒁍𒍣𒐊 (ka-am-mu-zi-iá /Kammuzia/), 𒅗𒄠𒁍𒍣𒐊 (ka-am-mu-zi-ia /Kammuzia/), 𒅗𒄠𒈬𒍣𒅀 (ka-ba-zi-iá /Kabazia/), 𒅗𒁀𒍣𒐊 (kamᵃᵐ-bu-zi-ia /Kambuzia/), 𒄰𒄠𒁍𒍣𒅀 (kamᵃᵐ-bu-zi-iá /Kambuzia/), 𒄰𒄠𒁍𒍣𒐊 (kam-bu-si-sá /Kambusisa/), 𒄰𒁍𒋛𒁲 (kam-bu-ú-zi-ia /Kambūzia/), 𒄰𒁍𒌑𒍣𒅀 (kam-bi-zi-a /Kambizia/), 𒄰𒁉𒍣𒀀 (kam-bu-zi-i-a /Kambuzīa/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒄿𒀀 (kam-bu-zi-ia /Kambuzia/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒅀 (kam-bu-zi-iá /Kambuzia/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒐊 (kam-bu-zi-<<zi>> /Kambuzizi/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒍣 (ku-am-bu-zi-ia /Kuambuzia/), 𒆪𒄠𒁍𒍣𒅀[1]

• → Ancient Greek: Καμβύσης (Kambúsēs)
  • Greek: Καμβύσης (Kamvýsis)
  • → Latin: Cambȳsēs
• → Aramaic:

  Imperial Aramaic: arc-imp (kbwz[y]), 𐡊𐡁𐡅𐡆𐡉‎ (kbwzy), 𐡊𐡍𐡁𐡅𐡆𐡉‎ (knbwzy), 𐡊𐡍𐡁𐡆𐡉‎ (knbzy)[1]

• → Egyptian:

  Late Egyptian: (kmbjṯ), (kmbjṯt), (knbwḏꜣ)[1]

  Demotic: gmꜣḏ, kbḏ[1]

• → Elamite:

  Achaemenid Elamite: 𒃷𒁍𒍢𒄿 (kán-bu-zí-ia /Kanbuziya/)[1]

References

• Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎

1. 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