𐎠𐎼𐎭𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴

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Old Persian

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Etymology

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Uncertain; first element possibly from unattested:

and second element from 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stānaʰ⁠/, place), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam.

Noun

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𐎠𐎼𐎭𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (a-r-d-s-t-a-n /ardastānaʰ, r̥dastānaʰ/) m

  1. window frame, windowsill
    • Darius, Persepolis c., 1 :
      𐎠𐎼𐎭𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 𐏐 𐎠𐎰𐎥𐎡𐎴 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐏃𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏋𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎼𐎫
      a-r-d-s-t-a-n : a-θ-g-i-n : d-a-r-y-v-h-u-š : XŠ-h-y-a : vi-i-θ-i-y-a : k-r-t
      /ardastānaʰ aθaⁿgainaʰ Dārayaʰvahauš XŠhyā viθiyā kartaʰ/
      Stone window frame, made in the house of King Darius.

Descendants

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  • Middle Persian: *ālstān[3]
  • Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄯𒁕𒅖𒁕𒈾 (har-da-iš-da-na /⁠Hardaišdana⁠/)

References

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  1. ^ Kent, Roland G. (1950) “ardastāna-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 171
  2. ^ Tolman, Herbert Cushing (1908) “ardastāna”, in Ancient Persian lexicon and the texts of the Achaemenidan inscriptions transliterated and translated with special reference to their recent re-examination (Vanderbilt Oriental Series; 6), New York/Cincinnati/Chicago: American Book Company, page 67
  3. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “1.4.4.2 Ardastana-”, 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 35:35