𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩
Middle Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Persian *Naryasanga-, *Narēsanga-,[1][2] itself inherited from Proto-Iranian *Hnárācánhah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnárāćánsas. Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬋⸱𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (nairiiō.saŋha), Parthian 𐭍𐭓𐭉𐭎𐭇𐭅 (nrysḥw /Narisah/), Sanskrit नराशंस (nárāśáṃsa).
Proper noun
[edit]𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩 • (nrsḥy /Narisah, Narseh/)
- a male given name, Narseh, Narsah, Narses, Narseus
Descendants
[edit]- Persian: نرسه (narse), نرسی (narsi)
- → Ancient Greek: Ναρσῆς (Narsês)
- → Latin: Narses
- → Coptic: ⲛⲁⲣⲥⲁⲫ (narsaph)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 174
- ^ 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 258
- ^ Pedersen, Nils Arne. “A Manichaean Historical Text.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 119, 1997, pp. 193–201. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20190115. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021.
Categories:
- Middle Persian terms derived from Old Persian
- Middle Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Middle Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Middle Persian lemmas
- Middle Persian proper nouns
- Middle Persian given names
- Middle Persian male given names