Ἀρυάνδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Arvantah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀρῠᾰ́νδης • (Arŭắndēsm (genitive Ἀρῠᾰ́νδου); third declension

  1. a male given name, Aryandes, from Old Persian, the first satrap of Egypt

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: Aryandēs

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 524
  2. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2011), Iranische Personennamen in der griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. (Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band 5, Faszikel 5A) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 131-132

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