Reconstruction:Old Persian/Bagasakah

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Persian

Etymology

From 𐏎 (BG /⁠bagaʰ⁠/, “god”) +‎ *sakah (“remembering”). Same as *Bagamsakah.^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Bagasakah m^[3]

a male given name

Descendants

→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒋡𒃻𒀝𒋡 (ba-ka₄-šá-ak-ka₄ /⁠Bakašaka⁠/), 𒁀𒀝𒃻𒋡 (ba-ak-šá-ka₄ /⁠Bakšaka⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Βαγασάκης (Bagasákēs)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*bagasaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 58
^ 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
^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Βαγασάκης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 59b

[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

[3] Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Βαγασάκης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 59b

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