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Reconstruction:Old Persian/Raivamiθrah

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 *raivah (“rich; splendid”) +‎ 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (Miθraʰ, “Mithra”).[1]

Proper noun

*Raivamiθrah m[2][1]

  1. a male given name

Descendants
  • Middle Persian:
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭫𐭩𐭥𐭬𐭲𐭥 (lywmtr /⁠Rēvmihr⁠/)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ῥεομίθρης (Rheomíthrēs)
    • → Latin: Rheomithrēs

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*raivamiθra-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 196
  2. Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ῥεομίθρης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎ (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 260
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