𐭍𐭓𐭉𐭎𐭇𐭅

Parthian

Alternative forms

  • 𐭍𐭓𐭎𐭇𐭅 (nrsḥw /⁠Narsaxw⁠/)
  • 𐫗𐫡𐫏𐫘𐫜 (nrysf /⁠Narisaf⁠/)

Etymology

From earlier *Naryasanhah,[1] cognate with Avestan *𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬋⸱𐬯𐬀𐬓𐬀 (*nairiiō.saxᵛa), variant of 𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬋⸱𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (nairiiō.saŋha, “Nairyosangha”, literally “potent utterance”), name of a yazata. The name is composed of the elements 𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (nairiia, “male”) + 𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (saŋha, “word”). Both *Naryasanhah and 𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬋⸱𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (nairiiō.saŋha) are inherited from Proto-Iranian *Hnárācánhah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnárāćánsas.

Compare Middle Persian 𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩 (nrshy /⁠Narsah, Narseh, Narsē⁠/), Old Armenian Ներսեհ (Nerseh), Georgian ნერსე (nerse), Ancient Greek Ναρσῆς (Narsês), Latin Narseus, Classical Syriac ܢܪܣܝ (Narsay, Narsē).

Proper noun

𐭍𐭓𐭉𐭎𐭇𐭅 • (nrysḥw /Narisaxw⁠/ later /Narseh/)

  1. a male given name, Narseh, Narses, or Narseus

Descendants

  • → Ancient Greek: Ναρσῆς (Narsês)

References

  1. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2016), Personennamen in parthischen epigraphischen Quellen [Personal names in Parthian inscriptional sources] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 5) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 145-146

Further reading

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962), “Ներսեհ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin (1978), Acta Iranica, BRILL, →ISBN, page 237
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