𐏎𐎭𐎠𐎫

Old Persian

Literally, “given by God”, from 𐏎 (BG /baga/, “god”) +‎ 𐎭𐎭𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺 (d-d-a-tu-u-v /dadātuv/, “to give”); compare Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬖𐬊𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀‎ (baγodāta).

Typologically compare Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), Latin Deodatus, Serbo-Croatian Bògdān, Sanskrit देवदत्त (devadatta), Old Armenian Աստուածատուր (Astuacatur), Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל‎ (Netan'el), Turkish Allahverdi, Persian (Xodâdâd).

𐏎𐎭𐎠𐎫 (Bagadāta) m

(taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian):

Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲‎ (bgdt), 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭠𐭲𐭩‎ (bgdʾty /Baydād/)
Parthian: 𐭁𐭂𐭃𐭕‎ (bgdt /Bagdāt/)
- → Old Armenian: Բագարատ (Bagarat), Բագրատ (Bagrat)
  - → Arabic: بقراط‎ (Buqrāṭ)
  - → Georgian: ბაგრატი (bagraṭi)
    - → Ossetian: Баграт (Bagrat)
→ Akkadian: 𒁀𒂵𒁕𒀀𒌓 (Ba-ga-da-a-tú)
→ Ancient Greek: Βαγαδάτες (Bagadátes), Μαγαδάτες (Magadátes) (possibly from a Proto-Armenian form)
→ Aramaic: [script needed] (bgdt)
→ Demotic: pgtt
→ Old Armenian: Բագադիա (Bagadia)

Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Bagadāta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 57a
MacKenzie, D. N. (1986), “Some Names from Nisa”, in Peredneaziatskij sbornik. IV. Drevnjaja i srednevekovaja istorija i filologija stran Perednevo i Srednevo Vostoka‎, Moscow: Nauka, page 108
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, § 8.192, page 135
Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942), “Բագարատ”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Personal Names] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʿyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 355

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