𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩

𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Iranian *Pāpaka-[1][2], composed of *Pāpa- (“father”) + *-ka- (hypocoristic suffix). Cognate with Old Armenian Պապ (Pap), պապ (pap), which are Iranian borrowings.

Proper noun

𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩 • (Pābag)

1. a male given name, Pabag

Descendants

• Persian: بابک‎ (Bâbak)

References

1. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*pāpaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 179
2. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1214. *Pāpaka-: *Pāpa-ka-”, in 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 263