𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎳𐎼𐎴𐎠

Old Persian

Alternative forms

*Vindahwarnāh

Etymology

From *vindati (“to find, obtain, gain”), from Proto-Iranian *winásti ~ *windánti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *winátˢti ~ *windánti, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-né-d-ti ~ *wi-n-d-énti, from *weyd- (“to see”), + *farnah (“glory”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬜𐬀𐬝⸱𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵 (viδat̰.xᵛar^ənah) and Parthian 𐭅𐭉𐭍𐭃𐭐𐭓𐭍 (wyndprn /⁠Windafarn⁠/).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

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

a male given name, Intaphernes

Descendants

Middle Persian: (/⁠Gundafarr, Gundaxwarr⁠/)
Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭢𐭥𐭭𐭣𐭯𐭥 (gwndpr), 𐭢𐭥𐭭𐭣𐭯𐭫𐭩 (gwndply), 𐭢𐭥𐭭𐭣𐭧𐭥𐭠𐭫𐭠 (gwndḥwʾl)
- → Gandhari: 𐨒𐨂𐨣𐨿𐨡𐨥𐨪𐨿𐨣 (Gudapharna),^[3] 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨥𐨪 (Gudaphara),^[3]^[4] 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨂𐨵𐨪 (Guduvhara)^[5]
- → 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

^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.35. Vindafarnā (Vi-i-d-f-r-n-a)”, 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 22
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.66. *Vindafarnā”, 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 65
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Percy Gardner (1886), The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum‎^[1], pages 103-106
^ Alexander Cunningham, Coins of the Sakas, The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 10 (1890), pp. 103-172
^ Sten Konow (1929), Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions: With the Exception of Those of Aśoka‎^[2], page 58

[1] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.35. Vindafarnā (Vi-i-d-f-r-n-a)”, 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 22

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.66. *Vindafarnā”, 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 65

[Gardner-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Percy Gardner (1886), The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum‎^[1], pages 103-106

[4] Alexander Cunningham, Coins of the Sakas, The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 10 (1890), pp. 103-172

[5] Sten Konow (1929), Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions: With the Exception of Those of Aśoka‎^[2], page 58

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