Reconstruction:Old Persian/θatapatiš

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 *θatam (“hundred”) +‎ *patiš (“master”).

Noun

*θatapatiš[1]

  1. commander of a hundred men

Descendants

  • → Elamite:
    • → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒊓𒀜𒆪𒁁𒋾𒆜 (sa-ad-da-bat-ti-iš /⁠sadabatiš⁠/), 𒆳𒆪𒁁𒋾𒆜 (sad-da-bat-ti-iš /⁠sadabatiš⁠/)[1]
  • → Ancient Greek: ἑκατόνταρχος (hekatóntarkhos) (calque)[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 240
  2. ^ “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎[2], 26 May 2024 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 May 2017
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