Ὠμάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Vahumanah.[1][2]

Proper noun

Ὠμάνης • (Ōmánēs) m (genitive Ὠμάνου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Omanes

Descendants
  • Greek: Ὠμάνης (Ōmánēs)
  • → Latin: Ōmanēs

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*vahumanah-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 250
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1776. *Vahumanā-”, 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 334
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