𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃
Parthian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Likely from a compound whose second part is cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬜𐬀 (raoδa, “growth; appearance”), Persian روی (roy, “face”).
Cognate with Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭥𐭥𐭣 (wyrwd /Wērōy/), 𐭥𐭩𐭥𐭥𐭩 (wyrwy /Wērōy/), 𐭥𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭣 (wylwd /Wērōy/), developed into Persian ویرو (Wērō, Viru, “Viru, character in Vis o Ramin”).
Compare Middle Iranian borrowings: Ancient Greek Ὀρώδης (Orṓdēs), Ἡρώδης (Hērṓdēs), Ὑρώδης (Hurṓdēs), Οὐορώδην (Ouorṓdēn), Οὐορωδ (Ouorōd), Latin Orōdēs, Hyrōdēs, Hērōdēs, Late Babylonian 𒁹𒌑𒊒𒁕𒀀 (mú-ru-da-a), Aramaic ורד (wrd) (Egypt), Aramaic ורוד (wrwd) (Elymais and Assur), Palmyrene Aramaic 𐡥𐡴𐡥𐡣 (wrwd /Worōd/), Hatran Aramaic 𐣥𐣣𐣥𐣣 (wrwd /Worōd/), and Classical Syriac ܘܪܘܕ (wrwd).[1]
Proper noun
𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃 • (wrwd /Wērōd, Werōd, Worōd/)
- A male given name, Orodes
References
- Marcato, E. (2018). Personal Names in the Aramaic Inscriptions of Hatra. Edizioni Ca'Foscari-Digital Publishing.
Further reading
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133
- Livšic, V. A. (2010) Parfjanskaja onomastika [Parthian onomastics] (in Russian), St. Petersburg: Linguistic Society of St. Petersburg, →ISBN, § 677, pages 164–165
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (2016) Personennamen in parthischen epigraphischen Quellen [Personal names in Parthian inscriptional sources] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 5) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 573, page 237