English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “beneficent, sacred; Holy” + “given, created”
From *spantah (“beneficent, sacred; Holy”) + 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /dātaʰ/, “given, created”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬋𐬜𐬁𐬙𐬀 (spəṇtōδāta) and 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬋⸱𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀 (spəṇtō.dāta), Parthian 𐭎𐭐𐭍𐭃𐭕 (spndt /Spanddāt/), Sogdian 𐼰𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼹𐼰𐽂 (ʾspnδʾt), 𐼰𐼼𐼾𐼰𐼻𐼹𐽂 (ʾspʾnδt), 𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼰𐼹𐽂 (spnʾδt), 𐼰𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼹𐽂 (ʾspnδt), 𐼼𐼾𐼻𐼹𐽂 (spnδt /Əspandat/), and Bactrian ασπανδολαδο (aspandolado /Aspandlad/).
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- Wiktionary: SpantadātahCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
