Βαγασάκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *Bagasakah.[1][2]

Proper noun

Βαγασάκης • (Bagasákēsm (genitive Βαγασάκου); first declension

  1. a male given name, Bagasaces, from Old Persian, a Persian general

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Βαγασάκης (Vagasákis)
  • Latin: Bagasacēs

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*bagasaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 58
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.282. *Bagasaka-: Baga-saka-”, 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 139

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