𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎫𐎡𐎹

Old Persian

Etymology

    From Proto-Iranian *gáwbati.[1]

    Verb

    𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎫𐎡𐎹 (g-u-b-t-i-y /gaubataiy/) (third-person singular present mediopassive)

    1. calls oneself
      • 522 BCE – 486 BCE, Darius I, DB2 51:
        𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐏃𐎷𐎡𐏂𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎴𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎶 𐏐 𐎩𐎮𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎱𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎺𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎿 𐏐 𐎠𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎺
        h-y : h-mi-i-ç-i-y : m-n-a : n-i-y : g-u-b-t-i-y : a-v-m : j-di-i-y : p-s-a-v : v-u-mi-i-s : a-š-i-y-v
        /hya : hamiçiya : manā : naiy : gaubataiy : avam : jadiy : pasāva : Vaumisa : ašiyava/
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Descendants

    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (to say, speak)
      Manichaean script: 𐫃𐫇𐫏𐫅 (gwyd, 3sg.pres), 𐫃𐫇𐫛𐫤𐫗 (gwptn, inf.)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (YMLLWN-tn'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwptn' /⁠guftan⁠/, inf.)
      • Classical Persian:
      • Northern Luri: گوتێ (gotı)
      • → Old Armenian: գովեմ (govem, “to praise”)

    References

    1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*gaub”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113
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