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Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθravahištah

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 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /⁠Miθraʰ⁠/, “Mithra”) +‎ *vahištah (“best”).[1][2]

Proper noun

*Miθravahištah m[3][1][2]

  1. a male given name

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: Μιθραύστης (Mithraústēs), Μιθρώστης (Mithrṓstēs)
  • → Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡅𐡄𐡔𐡕‎ (mtrwhšt)

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975), “*miθrāvahišta-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 303
  2. Lieber, Rochelle; Štekauer, Pavol, editors (2014) The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 252
  3. Justi, Ferdinand (1895), “Miþrawahišta”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 216b-217a
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