𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

Literally "he whose rule is through truth" or "he whose empire is well-fitted" / "perfected": from 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (arta, “truth”) +‎ 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaçam, “kingship”).

Akin to Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭕𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓‎ (Ardaxšahr) (< *Artaxšaθra-).

Proper noun

𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 (Artaxšaçā) m[1]

  1. Artaxerxes

Descendants

(Taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian)

  • Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥‎ (ʾrtḥštr)
  • → Akkadian: 𒅈𒋫𒀪𒄩𒐼𒄑𒌅 (Ar-ta-ʾ-ḫa-šá-is-su), [script needed] (Ar-ta-ak-šá-as-su), [script needed] (Ar-ták-(ša-)šat-su), [script needed] (Ar-ták-šat-šu), [script needed] (Ar-taḫ-ša/šá-as-su), [script needed] (Ar-táḫ-ša-as(-siš, -si-iš, -is-su)), [script needed] (Ar-ták-ša-as-su, Al-tàk-šat-su)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης (Artaxérxēs) < Ἀρταξέσσης (Artaxéssēs)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἀρταξίας (Artaxías)
  • → Old Armenian: Արտաշէս (Artašēs)
  • → Official Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡕𐡇𐡔‬𐡎‬‬𐡔‬‎ (ʾrtḥšsš)
  • → Biblical Aramaic: אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא‎ (ʾartaḥšaśt), אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא‎ (ʾartaḥšast)
  • → Biblical Hebrew: אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא‎ (ʾartaḥšáśtā), אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא‎ (ʾartaḥšaśt), אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא‎ (ʾartaḥšast)
  • → Egyptian: ꜣrtḫšsš
    Arw
    tA    		 xASA
    z    		 SA
    , ꜣrtḫššs
  • → Elamite: 𒅕𒋳𒅅𒐼𒀾𒐼 (Ir-tak-(ik-)ša-aš-ša), 𒅕𒋳𒅅𒐼𒆜𒐼 (Ir-tak-ik-ša-iš-ša), 𒅕𒆪𒅅𒐼𒆜𒐼 (Ir-da-ik-ša-iš-ša)
  • → Lycian: 𐊁𐊕𐊗𐊀𐊋𐊖𐊖𐊆𐊕𐊀𐊈𐊀- (ertakssiraza-) (posssibly)
  • → Lydian: -𐤠𐤭𐤯𐤠𐤨𐤮𐤠𐤳𐤳𐤠 (-artakśassa)

References

  1. ↑ Gindro, S.; Scarlata, S.; Widmer, P. (2013), “Old Persian Corpus”, in TITUS: Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien‎, 125
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