𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian *Pāpakah. Equivalent to 𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭩 (pʾpy /⁠Pāb⁠/) +‎ -𐭪𐭩 (-ky, hypocoristic suffix).[1][2] Cognate with Old Armenian Պապ (Pap), պապ (pap), which are Iranian borrowings.

Proper noun

𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩 • (pʾpky /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)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 179
  2. ^ Gignoux, Philippe (1986), “723. Pābag”, in Noms propres sassanides en moyen-perse épigraphique [Sasanian proper names in Inscriptional Middle Persian] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 2) (in French), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 141
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