𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃

Parthian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Likely from a compound whose second part is cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬜𐬀 (raoδa, “growth; appearance”), Persian روی (roy, “face”), with one proposed but uncertain etymology being Old Persian *hurauda- (“beautiful growth”),[1] from *hu- (“good”) + *rauda- (“growth”).

Possibly cognate with Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭥𐭥𐭣 (wyrwd). See it for more.

Compare Middle Iranian borrowings: Ancient Greek Ὀρώδης (Orṓdēs), Ἡρώδης (Hērṓdēs), Ὑρώδης (Hurṓdēs), Οὐορώδην (Ouorṓdēn), Οὐορωδ (Ouorōd), Latin Orōdēs, Hyrōdēs, Hērōdēs, Late Babylonian 𒁹𒌑𒊒𒁕𒀀 (mú-ru-da-a), Aramaic ורד (wrd) (Egypt), Aramaic ורוד (wrwd) (Elymais and Assur), Palmyrene Aramaic 𐡥𐡴𐡥𐡣 (wrwd /⁠Worōd⁠/), Hatran Aramaic 𐣥𐣣𐣥𐣣 (wrwd /⁠Worōd⁠/), and Classical Syriac ܘܪܘܕ (wrwd).[2]

Proper noun

𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃 • (wrwd /Wērōd, Werōd, Worōd/)

  1. a male given name, Orodes

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*hurauda-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 127
  2. Marcato, E. (2018). Personal Names in the Aramaic Inscriptions of Hatra. Edizioni Ca'Foscari-Digital Publishing.

Further reading
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch‎ (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133
  • Livšic, V. A. (2010) Parfjanskaja onomastika [Parthian onomastics] (in Russian), St. Petersburg: Linguistic Society of St. Petersburg, →ISBN, § 677, pages 164–165
  • Schmitt, Rüdiger (2016) Personennamen in parthischen epigraphischen Quellen [Personal names in Parthian inscriptional sources] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 5) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 573, page 237
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