𐎶𐎠𐎭

Old Persian

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly related to Old Persian *madyānaʰ (“middle”) (whence Persian ‎ (/miyân/)), from Proto-Iranian *madyānah (“middle”), from *mádyah.[1]

Noun

𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda) m

a Median

Proper noun

𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Mādaʰ)

Media
𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭 𐏐 ― iyam Māda ― this is Media

Descendants

Middle Persian:
Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾy /Māy/)
→ Akkadian:[1]
Late Babylonian: 𒈠𒁕𒀀 (ma-da-a /Madaya/), 𒈠𒁕𒀀𒀀 (ma-da-a-a /Madāya/), 𒆳𒁕𒀀𒀀 (mad-da-a-a /Madāya/), 𒁁𒀜𒁕𒀀𒀀 (mád^ad-da-a-a /Madāya/)
→ Aramaic:
→ Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡃𐡉‎ (mdy)[1]
→ Egyptian:
Demotic: mdy[1]
Late Egyptian:

(mꜥdy)[2][3]
→ Elamite:[1]
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒆪 (ma-da /Mada/), 𒈠𒀜𒁕 (ma-ad-da /Mada/), 𒈠𒆪𒁁 (ma-da-be /Madabe/), 𒈠𒌨 (ma-taš /Mataš/)
→ Lycian: 𐊎𐊁𐊅𐊁 (Mede)[1]

References

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, page 27
Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R02, m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media), Livius.org
Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 183

[Tavernier-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, page 27

[2] Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R02, m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media), Livius.org

[3] Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 183