𐎰𐎫𐎦𐎢𐏁

Old Persian

Etymology

Literally "possessing hundreds of cattle", from *θatam (“hundred”), from Proto-Iranian *catám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćatám, + *guš, *gāuš (“cattle”), from Proto-Iranian *gā́wš.[1].

Cognate with Old Median *Sataguš.

Proper noun

𐎰𐎫𐎦𐎢𐏁 (θ-t-gu-u-š Θataguš)

  1. Sattagydia

Descendants
  • → Elamite:[1]
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒊓𒀜𒆪𒆪𒆜 (sa-ad-da-ku-iš /Sadakuiš/), 𒊓𒆪𒆪 (sa-da-ku /Sadaku/), 𒊓𒌓𒆪𒆪𒆜 (sa-ud-da-ku-iš /Saudakuiš/)
  • → Egyptian:

References
  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.3.40 Θataguš (θ-t-gu-u-š)”, 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 31
  2. Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R10, sdgw3? (OP. Thataguš = Sattagydia), Livius.org
  3. Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 184
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