𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹

Old Persian

Etymology

Meaning and etymology still uncertain, Supposed by some scholars to be related to Kamboja, although "there are also scholars who denounce a connection between Kamboja and Kambujiya [...] and who defend another etymology".[1]

Proper noun

𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (k-b-u-ji-i-y /Kaᵐbūjiya/)

  1. a male given name: Cambyses

Descendants
  • Persian: کمبوجیه (kambujiye) (right loanword)
    • Iranian Persian: کامبیز (Kāmbīz) (via French)
  • → Akkadian:[1]
    Late Babylonian: 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒐊 (kam-bu-zi-iá /⁠Kambuzia⁠/), 𒃮𒁍𒍣𒐊 (gab-b[u-zi]-iá /⁠Gabuzia⁠/), 𒃵𒁍𒍣𒅀 (gam-bu-zi-ia /⁠Gambuzia⁠/), 𒃵𒁍𒍣𒐊 (gam-bu-zi-iá /⁠Gambuzia⁠/), 𒅗𒄠𒁍𒍣𒐊 (ka-am-bu-zi-iá /⁠Kambuzia⁠/), 𒅗𒄠𒁍𒍣𒐊 (ka-am-mu-zi-iá /⁠Kammuzia⁠/), 𒅗𒄠𒈬𒍣𒅀 (ka-am-mu-zi-ia /⁠Kammuzia⁠/), 𒅗𒁀𒍣𒐊 (ka-ba-zi-iá /⁠Kabazia⁠/), 𒄰𒄠𒁍𒍣𒅀 (kamᵃᵐ-bu-zi-ia /⁠Kambuzia⁠/), 𒄰𒄠𒁍𒍣𒐊 (kamᵃᵐ-bu-zi-iá /⁠Kambuzia⁠/), 𒄰𒁍𒋛𒁲 (kam-bu-si-sá /⁠Kambusisa⁠/), 𒄰𒁍𒌑𒍣𒅀 (kam-bu-ú-zi-ia /⁠Kambūzia⁠/), 𒄰𒁉𒍣𒀀 (kam-bi-zi-a /⁠Kambizia⁠/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒄿𒀀 (kam-bu-zi-i-a /⁠Kambuzīa⁠/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒅀 (kam-bu-zi-ia /⁠Kambuzia⁠/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒐊 (kam-bu-zi-iá /⁠Kambuzia⁠/), 𒄰𒁍𒍣𒍣 (kam-bu-zi-<<zi>> /⁠Kambuzizi⁠/), 𒆪𒄠𒁍𒍣𒅀 (ku-am-bu-zi-ia /⁠Kuambuzia⁠/)[1]
  • → Ancient Greek: Καμβύσης (Kambúsēs)
  • → Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: arc-imp (kbwz[y]), 𐡊𐡁𐡅𐡆𐡉 (kbwzy), 𐡊𐡍𐡁𐡅𐡆𐡉 (knbwzy), 𐡊𐡍𐡁𐡆𐡉 (knbzy)[1]
  • → Egyptian:
    Late Egyptian:
    kmbiT
     (kmbjṯ),
    kmbiT
    t
    (kmbjṯt),
    k
    n    		 bwDA
     (knbwḏꜣ)[1]
    Demotic: gmꜣḏ, kbḏ[1]
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒃷𒁍𒍢𒄿 (kán-bu-zí-ia /⁠Kanbuziya⁠/)[1]

References
  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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
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