𐎶𐎠𐎭

Old Persian

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly related to Old Persian *madyānah (“middle”) (whence Persian میان (/⁠miyân⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *madyānah (“middle”), from *mádyah.[1]

Noun

𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda) m

  1. a Median

Proper noun

𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Mādaʰ)

  1. Media
    𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭 𐏐 ― iyam Māda ― this is Media

Descendants
  • Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾy /⁠Māy⁠/)
  • → Akkadian:[1]
    Late Babylonian: 𒈠𒁕𒀀 (ma-da-a /⁠Madaya⁠/), 𒈠𒁕𒀀𒀀 (ma-da-a-a /⁠Madāya⁠/), 𒆳𒁕𒀀𒀀 (mad-da-a-a /⁠Madāya⁠/), 𒁁𒀜𒁕𒀀𒀀 (mádad-da-a-a /⁠Madāya⁠/)
  • → Aramaic:
    → Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡃𐡉 (mdy)[1]
  • → Egyptian:
    Demotic: mdy[1]
    Late Egyptian:
    G20diixAst
     (mꜥdy)[2][3]
  • → Elamite:[1]
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒆪 (ma-da /⁠Mada⁠/), 𒈠𒀜𒁕 (ma-ad-da /⁠Mada⁠/), 𒈠𒆪𒁁 (ma-da-be /⁠Madabe⁠/), 𒈠𒌨 (ma-taš /⁠Mataš⁠/)
  • → Lycian: 𐊎𐊁𐊅𐊁 (Mede)[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, page 27
  2. Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R02, m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media), Livius.org
  3. Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 183
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