𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴

Old Persian

Etymology

From *Hagmatāna- from *Ham-gmata-ana- (literally “city of the gathered”), itself derived from *ham-gmata-, participle of *ha(m)-gam- (“coming together”),^[1] from *ham- (literally “together”) + *gam- (“to come”) (cf. *gmata- (“past participle of *gam-”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- and *gʷem-.

Proper noun

𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Hangmatāna-)

1. Ecbatana
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     ... Hagmatânaiy ...

     ... at Ecbatana ...

Descendants

(Taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian)

• Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭧𐭬𐭲𐭠𐭭 (ʾhmtʾn /⁠Ahmadān⁠/)
  • Persian: همدان (hamadân, hamedân)
• Persian: هگمتانه (hegmatâne)
• → Akkadian:

  Late Babylonian: 𒆳𒀀𒃵𒋫𒉡 (_kura-gam-ta-nu /⁠Agamtanu⁠/), 𒀀𒂵𒈠𒋫𒉡 (a-ga-ma-ta-nu /⁠Agamatanu⁠/), 𒀀𒃵𒈠𒋫𒉡 (a-gam-ma-ta-nu /⁠Agamatanu⁠/), 𒀀𒃵𒋫𒉡 (a-gam-ta-nu /⁠Agamtanu⁠/), 𒀝𒈠𒋫𒉡 (ag-ma-ta-nu /⁠Agmatanu⁠/)^[1]

• → Ancient Greek: Ἀγβάτανα (Agbátana), Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana)
  • Latin: Ecbatana, Ecbatanas, Ecbatanis Partiorum
  • Old Armenian: Եկբատան (Ekbatan)
• → Aramaic:

  Aramaic: אַחְמְתָא (Aḥmeta)

• → Elamite:

  Achaemenid Elamite: 𒀝𒈠𒆪𒈾 (ag-ma-da-na /⁠Agmadana⁠/), 𒀝𒈠𒆪𒈾 (ak-ma-da-na /⁠Akmadana⁠/)^[1]

• Parthian: 𐭀𐭇𐭌𐭕𐭍 (ʾḥmtn /⁠Ahmadān⁠/)
  • Old Armenian: Ահմատան (Ahmatan), Ահմադան (Ahmadan), Համատան (Hamatan) (or from other Middle Iranian languages)

References

• Stuart C. Brown (15 December 1997), "Ecbatana", Encyclopaedia Iranica
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 17

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, page 26