𐎠𐎼𐎭𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴
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Old Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; first element possibly from unattested:
- *r̥daʰ (“light”), from Proto-Iranian *Hr̥jáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥ȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“white, shining”),[1]
- or *ardaʰ (“half”), from Proto-Iranian *Hárdah (“half, side; place”),[2]
and second element from 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /stānaʰ/, “place”), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam.
Noun
[edit]𐎠𐎼𐎭𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (a-r-d-s-t-a-n /ardastānaʰ, r̥dastānaʰ/) m
- window frame, windowsill
- Darius, Persepolis c., 1 :
- 𐎠𐎼𐎭𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 𐏐 𐎠𐎰𐎥𐎡𐎴 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐏃𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏋𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎼𐎫
- a-r-d-s-t-a-n : a-θ-g-i-n : d-a-r-y-v-h-u-š : XŠ-h-y-a : vi-i-θ-i-y-a : k-r-t
- /ardastānaʰ aθaⁿgainaʰ Dārayaʰvahauš XŠhyā viθiyā kartaʰ/
- Stone window frame, made in the house of King Darius.
- 𐎠𐎼𐎭𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 𐏐 𐎠𐎰𐎥𐎡𐎴 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐏃𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏋𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎼𐎫
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kent, Roland G. (1950) “ardastāna-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 171
- ^ Tolman, Herbert Cushing (1908) “ardastāna”, in Ancient Persian lexicon and the texts of the Achaemenidan inscriptions transliterated and translated with special reference to their recent re-examination (Vanderbilt Oriental Series; 6), New York/Cincinnati/Chicago: American Book Company, page 67
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “1.4.4.2 Ardastana-”, 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, page 35: “35”
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