Reconstruction:Old Persian/daθapatiš

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 *daθa (“ten”) +‎ *patiš (“master”) Cognate with Old Median *δasapatiš.

Noun

*daθapatiš^[1]^[2]

commander of ten men

Derived terms

*pašcadaθapatiš

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: δεκάρχος (dekárkhos) (calque)^[3]
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒆪𒊓𒁁𒋾𒆜 (da-sa-bat-ti-iš /⁠dasabatiš⁠/), 𒆪𒊓𒁁𒋾𒆜𒁁 (da-sa-bat-ti-iš-be /⁠dasabatiš-be⁠/)^[1]^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 87
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.4.7.30. *Daθapatis”, 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 419
^ “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎^[2], 7 May 2017 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 May 2017

[Hinz-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 87

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.4.7.30. *Daθapatis”, 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 419

[3] “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎^[2], 7 May 2017 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 May 2017

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