𐎲𐎭𐎣
Old Persian
Etymology
Compare Sanskrit बन्धक (bandhaka).
Noun
𐎲𐎭𐎣 (ba-da-ka /baⁿdaka/)
- loyal subject, servant
- DB2 49
- 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎿 𐏐 𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 𐏐 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎲𐎭𐎣
- : ϑātiy : Dārayavauš : xšāyaϑiya : Vaumisa : nāma : Pārsa : manā : baⁿdaka
- King Darius says : A Persian named Vaumisa, my servant […]
Descendants
- Middle Persian: bndk' (bandag)
- Persian: بنده (bande)
References
- Prods Oktor Skjærvø (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bandag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press