𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴

Old Persian

Etymology

From *Hagmatāna- from *Ham-gmata-ana- (literally “city of the gathered”), itself derived from *ham-gmata-, participle of *ha(m)-gam- (“coming together”),[1] from *ham- (literally “together”) + *gam- (“to come”) (cf. *gmata- (“past participle of *gam-”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- and *gʷem-.

Proper noun

𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Hangmatāna-)

  1. Ecbatana
    • DB, column 2
      (please add the primary text of this usage example)
      ... Hagmatânaiy ...
      ... at Ecbatana ...

Descendants

(Taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian)

  • Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭧𐭬𐭲𐭠𐭭 (ʾhmtʾn /⁠Ahmadān⁠/)
  • Persian: هگمتانه (hegmatâne)
  • → Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒆳𒀀𒃵𒋫𒉡 (kura-gam-ta-nu /⁠Agamtanu⁠/), 𒀀𒂵𒈠𒋫𒉡 (a-ga-ma-ta-nu /⁠Agamatanu⁠/), 𒀀𒃵𒈠𒋫𒉡 (a-gam-ma-ta-nu /⁠Agamatanu⁠/), 𒀀𒃵𒋫𒉡 (a-gam-ta-nu /⁠Agamtanu⁠/), 𒀝𒈠𒋫𒉡 (ag-ma-ta-nu /⁠Agmatanu⁠/)[1]
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἀγβάτανα (Agbátana), Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana)
  • → Aramaic:
    Aramaic: אַחְמְתָא (Aḥmeta)
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒀝𒈠𒆪𒈾 (ag-ma-da-na /⁠Agmadana⁠/), 𒀝𒈠𒆪𒈾 (ak-ma-da-na /⁠Akmadana⁠/)[1]
  • Parthian: 𐭀𐭇𐭌𐭕𐭍 (ʾḥmtn /⁠Ahmadān⁠/)
    • Old Armenian: Ահմատան (Ahmatan), Ահմադան (Ahmadan), Համատան (Hamatan) (or from other Middle Iranian languages)

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 26
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