Reconstruction:Old Persian/Tahmāspah

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 *tahmah (“brave”) +‎ 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p /⁠aspaʰ⁠/, “horse”).[1][2][3]

Noun

*Tahmāspah

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: 𐭲𐭧𐭬(𐭩)𐭠𐭮𐭯 (tḥm(y)ʾsp /⁠Tahmāsp⁠/)
    • Persian: طهماسب (/⁠ṭahmâsb⁠/), تهماسب (/⁠tahmâsb⁠/), تهماسپ (/⁠tahmâsp⁠/)
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒂟𒈠𒀾𒁀 (tam₅-ma-áš-ba /⁠Tammašba⁠/), 𒂟𒈠𒅖𒁀 (tam₅-ma-iš-ba /⁠Tammaišba⁠/)

References

  1. ^ 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, § 8.1606, page 237
  2. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*tahmāspa-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 232
  3. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1662. *Ta(h)māspa- (OP): *Ta(h)ma-aspa-”, 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, pages 320-321
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