𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴

Old Persian

Etymology

Compare Parthian ʾpdn(y) (apadan), ʾpdnk(y) (apadanak), Manichaean Parthian ʾpdn, ʾfdn (afdan, “palace”), and borrowings Old Armenian ապարանք (aparankʿ), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אפדנא‎, Classical Syriac ܐܦܕܢܐ‎ (ʾāppaḏnāʾ), Hebrew אפדן‎, Arabic فدن‎ (fadan).

Noun

𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴 (apadāna) m

Descendants

Middle Persian:
Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (ʾʾywn /āywan/, “palace”)

Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾdwn' /ēwan/, “stalk, trunk”)
- Persian: ایوان‎ (eyvân)
  - → Arabic: إيوان‎ (ʾīwān)
    - → English: iwan, liwan
→ Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܐܦܕܢܐ‎ (ʾāppaḏnāʾ)
  - → Arabic: فدن‎ (fadan)
- → Hebrew: אפדנא‎

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