Reconstruction:Old Persian/R̥tabānuš

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 *Hr̥tábaHnúš, equivalent to 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /⁠r̥taʰ⁠/, “Asha; truth”) +‎ *bānuš (“beam, lustre, light”). Cognate with Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭕𐭁𐭍𐭅 (ʾrtbnw /⁠Ardabān⁠/).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*R̥tabānuš m

a male given name

Descendants

Middle Persian: (/⁠Ardawān, Ardaβān⁠/)
Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫡𐫅𐫂𐫀𐫗 (ʾrdβʾn)

Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾrtwʾn)

Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾrtbʾn')
- Classical Persian: اردوان (ardawān)
  - Iranian Persian: اردوان (ardavân)
→ Late Babylonian: 𒅈𒋫𒁀𒉡 (ar-ta-ba-nu /⁠Artabanu⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Ἀρτάβανος (Artábanos), Ἀρταβάνης (Artabánēs)
- → Latin: Artabanus
→ Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡕𐡁𐡍𐡅 (ʾrtbnw)
→ Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒆪𒁀𒉡𒆜 (ir-da-ba-nu-iš /⁠Irdabanuiš⁠/), 𒅕𒋰𒁀𒉡𒆜 (ir-tab-ba-nu-iš /⁠Irtabanuiš⁠/), 𒅕𒁾𒁀𒉡𒆜 (ir-tub-ba-nu-iš /⁠Irtubanuiš⁠/)
→ Lydian: 𐤠𐤭𐤯𐤠𐤡𐤵𐤫𐤠 (artapãna)
→ Parthian: (/⁠Ardawān ~ Ardaβān⁠/)
Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫡𐫅𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʾrdwʾn)

Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭀𐭓𐭕𐭁𐭍𐭅 (ʾrtbnw)
- → Old Armenian: Արտաւան (Artawan), Արտաբան (Artaban)
  - Armenian: Արտավան (Artavan)
→ Sogdian: (/⁠Ardawān, Arteβān⁠/)
Sogdian script: 𐼰𐽀𐼹𐼱𐼰𐼻 (ʾrδβʾn)

Syriac script: ܐܪܬܝܒܐܢ (ʾrtyβʾn)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*rtabānu-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 208
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1462. *Ṛtabānus: *Ṛta-bānu-s”, 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 292

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975), “*rtabānu-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 208

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1462. *Ṛtabānus: *Ṛta-bānu-s”, 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 292

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