𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣

Old Persian

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly Anatolian, compare Luwian 𒅗𒀜𒉺𒌅𒅗 (“low country”), Hittite 𒅗𒋫𒁉𒁕 (“place below”). More at Cappadocia.

Proper noun

𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k Katpatuka)

  1. Cappadocia

Descendants
  • → Akkadian:[1]
    Late Babylonian: 𒅗𒀜𒉺𒌇 (ka-at-pa-tuk /Katpatuk/), 𒅗𒀜𒉺𒌇𒀀𒀀 (ka-at-pa-tuk-a-a /Katpatukaya/), 𒅗𒀜𒉺𒌇𒅗 (ka-at-pa-tuk-ka /Katpatuka/), 𒅗𒀜𒌇𒆪 (ka-at-pa-tuk-ku /Katpatuku/), 𒆐𒉺𒌇𒅗 (kát-pa-tuk-ka /Katpatuka/)
  • → Ancient Greek: Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía)
  • → Aramaic:
    Classical Syriac: ܩܦܕܘܩܝܐ‎ (Qappaddōqīyā)
  • → Egyptian:
    Late Egyptian:
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    d    		 p
    d    		 kAi i xAst
     (gdpdkꜣy)[2][1][3]
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋡𒀜𒁀𒁺𒁉 (ka₄-at-ba-du-kaš /Katbadukaš/), 𒋡𒀜𒁍𒌇𒁉 (ka₄-at-pu-tuk-kaš /Katputukaš/), 𒃰𒁀𒁺𒋡 (kat-ba-du-ka₄ /Katbaduka/), 𒃰𒁀𒁺𒁉 (kat-ba-du-kaš /Katbadukaš/), 𒃰𒁀𒁺𒊌𒋡 (kat-ba-du-uk-ka₄ /Katbaduka/), 𒋡𒌓𒁀𒁺𒋡 (ka₄-ut-ba-du-ka₄ /Kautbaduka/), 𒋡𒌓𒁀𒌇𒋡 (ka₄-ut-ba-tuk-ka₄ /Kautbatuka/)[1]
  • → Old Armenian: Կապադովկիա (Kapadovkia)
  • → Parthian: 𐭊𐭐𐭅𐭕𐭊𐭉𐭀‎ (kpwtkyʾ /Kappōdakiyā/)
    • → Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭯𐭥𐭲𐭪𐭩𐭠𐭩‎ (kpwtkyʾy /Kappōdakiyā/)

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
  2. Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject L04, gdpdk3y (OP. Katpatuka = Cappadocia), Livius.org
  3. Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 185

Further reading

Elena Ene D-Vasilescu, “Aspects of iconography in Byzantine Cappadocia”, European Journal of Theology and Philosophy, vol 1., no 4 (August) 2021, pp. 34-39

  • Elena Ene D-Vasilescu, “Shrines and Schools in Byzantine Cappadocia”, Journal of Early Christian History (Routledge) volume 9, Issue 1, 2019, pp. 1-29
  • Yakubovich, Ilya (2014). Kozuh, M. (ed.). "From Lower Land to Cappadocia". Extraction and Control: Studies in Honor of Matthew W. Stolper. Chicago: Oriental Institute: 347–352.
  • Coindoz M. Archeologia / Préhistoire et archéologie, n°241, 1988, pp. 48–59
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