Reconstruction:Old Persian/Pāθragadā

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 *pāθrah (“protection”) +‎ *gadā (“mace”); the first element was borrowed from Old Median *pāθrah, itself from Proto-Iranian *paHθra, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHtram, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-trom; the second element is from Proto-Iranian *gádaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gádaH.[1]

Proper noun

*Pāθragadā

  1. Pasargadae (an ancient city in Persia)

Derived terms

  • *Pāθragadākah

Descendants

  • → Ancient Greek: Πασαργάδαι (Pasargádai)
  • → Elamite:
    • Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒅖𒊏𒋡𒁕 (ba-iš-ra-ka₄-da /⁠Baišrakada⁠/), 𒁀𒅖𒋓𒋡𒁕 (ba-iš-šir-ka₄-da /⁠Baiširkada⁠/), 𒁁𒊏𒋡𒁕 (bat-ra-ka₄-da /⁠Batrakada⁠/), 𒁁𒊏𒋡𒌨 (bat-ra-ka₄-taš /⁠Batrakataš⁠/), 𒁁𒊏𒃰𒌨 (bat-ra-kat-taš /⁠Batrakataš⁠/), 𒁁𒊩𒁇𒋡𒌨 (bat-rák-ka₄-taš /⁠Batrakataš⁠/), 𒁀𒌉𒊏𒋡𒌨 (ba-tur-ra-ka₄-taš /⁠Baturakataš⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.3.166 *Pāθragadā- (Med.): Pāθra-gadā-”, 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 392
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