𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎳𐎼𐎴𐎠

𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎳𐎼𐎴𐎠

Old Persian

Alternative forms

• *Viⁿdahwarnāʰ

Etymology

From *viⁿdati (“to find, obtain, gain”), from Proto-Iranian *vinásti ~ *vindánti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *vinátˢti ~ *vindánti, from Proto-Iranian *wi-né-d-ti ~ *wi-n-d-énti, from *weyd- (“to see”), + *farnah (“glory”).[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬜𐬀𐬙𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵‎ (viδat.xᵛarənah), Parthian 𐭅𐭉𐭍𐭃𐭐𐭓𐭍‎ (wyndprn /Windafarn/), 𐭅𐭉𐭍𐭃𐭐𐭓𐭍𐭊‎ (wyndprnk /Windafarnak/).

Proper noun

𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎳𐎼𐎴𐎠 (vi-i-d-f-r-n-a /Viⁿdafarnāʰ/) m

1. a male given name: Intaphernes

Descendants

• Middle Persian: (/Gundafarr, Gundaxwarr/)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭢𐭥𐭭𐭣𐭯𐭥‎ (gwndpr), 𐭢𐭥𐭭𐭣𐭯𐭫𐭩‎ (gwndply), 𐭢𐭥𐭭𐭣𐭧𐭥𐭠𐭫𐭠‎ (gwndḥwʾl)

  • → Gandhari: 𐨒𐨂𐨣𐨿𐨡𐨥𐨪𐨿𐨣‎ (Gudapharna)[2], 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨥𐨪‎ (Gudaphara)[2][3], 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨂𐨬𐨿𐨱𐨪‎ (Guduvhara)[4]
  • → Ancient Greek: Γονδοφάρης (Gondophárēs), Ὑνδοφέρρης (Hundophérrhēs)
• → Akkadian:

  Late Babylonian: 𒌑𒈪𒅔𒋫𒉺𒅈𒈾𒀪 (ú-mi-in-ta-pa-ar-na-ʾ /Umintaparnaʾ/), 𒌑𒈪𒅔𒋫𒌓𒈾𒀪 (ú-mi-in-ta-par-na-ʾ /Umintaparnaʾ/), 𒌦𒁕𒉺𒅈𒈾𒀪 (un-da-pa-ar-na-ʾ /Undaparnaʾ/)

• → Aramaic:

  Imperial Aramaic: 𐡅𐡍𐡃𐡐𐡓𐡍‎ (wndprn)

• → Ancient Greek: Ἰνταφέρνης (Intaphérnēs), Ἰνταφρένης (Intaphrénēs); Ἰνδοφέρρης (Indophérrhēs)
  • → Latin: Intaphernēs
• → Elamite:
  • Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈪𒅔𒁕𒁇𒈾 (mi-in-da-bar-na /Mindabarna/), 𒈪𒅔𒋰𒁇𒈾 (mi-in-tab-bar-na /Mintabarna/)

References

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 22
2. Percy Gardner (1886) The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum‎, pages 103-106
3. Alexander Cunningham, Coins of the Sakas, The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 10 (1890), pp. 103-172
4. Sten Konow (1929) Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions: With the Exception of Those of Aśoka‎, page 58