Reconstruction:Old Persian/Jīvakah

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 Proto-Iranian *J̌íHwakah, from *ǰiHwáh (“living, alive”) +‎ *-akah. Equivalent to 𐎪𐎡𐎺 (ji-i-v /⁠jīvaʰ⁠/, “alive, living”) +‎ -𐎣 (-k /⁠-kaʰ⁠/, hypocoristic suffix). Cognate with Proto-Sarmatian *J̌īwag, Sanskrit जीवक (jīvaka).[1]

Proper noun

*Jīvakah (/Jīvakah/)

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • → Late Babylonian: 𒍣𒈠𒀝𒅗𒀪 (zi-ma-ak-ka-ʾ /⁠Ziwakaʾ⁠/), 𒍣𒈠𒀝𒆠𒀪 (zi-ma-ak-ki-ʾ /⁠Ziwakiʾ⁠/), 𒍣𒈠𒂵 (zi-ma-ga /⁠Ziwaga⁠/), 𒍣𒈠𒂵𒀪 (zi-ma-ga-ʾ /⁠Ziwagaʾ⁠/), 𒍣𒈠𒅗𒀪 (zi-ma-ka-ʾ /⁠Ziwakaʾ⁠/)
  • → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡆𐡉𐡅𐡊 (zywk)
  • → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒍢𒈠𒀝𒋡 (zi₂-ma-ak-ka₄ /⁠Zimaka⁠/), 𒍢𒈠𒅅𒋡 (zi₂-ma-ik-ka₄ /⁠Zimaika⁠/), 𒍢𒈠𒋡 (zi₂-ma-ka₄ /⁠Zimaka⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.902. *Jīvaka-”, 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 221
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