Reconstruction:Old Persian/xšaθrapānah

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

Composed of *xšaθram (“realm”) +‎ *pānah (“to protect”). Compare with *xšaθrapā and 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /⁠xšaçapāvā⁠/).^[1]

Noun

*xšaθrapānah m

satrap (governor of a province under Achaemenid Persian rule)

Descendants

Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭲𐭫𐭯𐭠𐭭 (štlpʾn /⁠šahrabān⁠/)
→ Akkadian:
Late Babylonian: 𒇽𒄴𒃻𒁕𒊏𒉺𒉡 (^LÚaḫ-šá-da-ra-pa-nu /⁠aḫšadarapanu⁠/), 𒇽𒄴𒃻𒀜𒊏𒉺𒉡 (^LÚaḫ-šá-ad-ra-pa-nu /⁠aḫšadrapanu⁠/), 𒇽𒋀𒃻𒁕𒊏𒁀𒀭𒉡 (^LÚáḫ-šá-da-ra-ba-an-nu /⁠aḫšadarabanu⁠/)
- → Biblical Aramaic: [script needed] (ʾaḥašdarpan)
- → Biblical Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן (ʾaḥašdarpán)
→ Aramaic:
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡇𐡔𐡕𐡓𐡐𐡍𐡀 (ḥštrpnʾ)
- → Egyptian:
  Demotic: ḫštrpn, ḫštrpj.w
  
  Late Egyptian:
  
  (ḫšdrpn)

References

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1976, Rüdiger Schmitt, “Der Titel „Satrap“ [The Title "Satrap"]”, in Anna Morpurgo Davies, Wolfgang Meid, editors, Studies in Greek, Italic, and Indo-European Linguistics: Offered to Leonard R. Palmer on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, June 5, 1976, pages 373-390:

[1] 
1976, Rüdiger Schmitt, “Der Titel „Satrap“ [The Title "Satrap"]”, in Anna Morpurgo Davies, Wolfgang Meid, editors, Studies in Greek, Italic, and Indo-European Linguistics: Offered to Leonard R. Palmer on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, June 5, 1976, pages 373-390:

[1]