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Gender Feminine
Usage Scythian (Latinized), Mythology
Meaning & History
Latinised name of the Scythian goddess of fire and kingship *Tāpayantī, meaning "the Burning One" or "the Flaming One", deriving from an element likely related to similar elements from other Indo-European languages, such as the Avestan tāpaiieⁱti ("to be warm").