𐎲𐎥𐎲𐎢𐎧𐏁

Old Persian

Etymology

From 𐎲𐎥 (b-g /⁠bagaʰ⁠/, “god”) +‎ *bauxšati (“to be saved”) (whence Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫟𐫘𐫏𐫅 (bwxsyd /⁠bōxsēd⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *báwxšati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáwxšati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwg-se-ti, from *bʰewg- (“to release, flee”) +‎ *-seti.[1][2] Second element alternatively from homonym Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy, experience; to make use of”).[3]

Proper noun

𐎲𐎥𐎲𐎢𐎧𐏁 (b-g-b-u-x-š /Bagabuxšaʰ/)[1]

  1. a male given name: Megabyzus

Descendants
  • → Akkadian:[1][4]
    Late Babylonian: 𒁀𒂵𒁍𒊌𒋙 (ba-ga-bu-uk-šú /⁠Bagabukšu⁠/)
  • → Elamite:[1][4]
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒋡𒁍𒊌𒊭 (ba-ka₄-bu-uk-ša /⁠Bakabukša⁠/)[4]
  • → Ancient Greek: Μεγάβυζος (Megábuzos), Μεγάβυξος (Megábuxos)

References
  1. Tolman, Herbert Cushing (1908) “bagabuxša”, 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 113
  2. Kent, Roland G. (1950) Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 199
  3. Benveniste, Émile (1966) Titres et noms propres en iranien ancien (Travaux de l’Institut d’Études Iraniennes de l’Université de Paris; 1)‎ (in French), Paris: Librairie C. Klincksieck, pages 110–112
  4. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “1.2.9 Bagabuxsa- (B-g-b-u-x-š-)”, 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 14: “14”
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