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Reconstruction:Old Persian/Miθraupastah

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Persian

Etymology

From 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /⁠Miθraʰ⁠/, “Mithra”) +‎ *upastah (“servant, helper”),[1][2] comapare 𐎢𐎱𐎿𐎫𐎠 (u-p-s-t-a /⁠upastā⁠/, “help, assistance”), Sanskrit उपस्ति (úpasti⁠, “subordinate, subject”).

Proper noun

*Miθraupastah m[3][1][2]

  1. a male given name

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: Μιθρωπάστης (Mithrōpástēs), Μιθροπαύστης (Mithropaústēs)
  • → Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡅𐡐𐡎𐡕 (mtrwpst)

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*miθraupastā-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 168
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1121. *Miθraupastā-”, 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 252
  3. Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Μιθροπαύστης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎ (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 216b
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