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Gender Masculine
Usage Old Persian (Hellenized)
Scripts Ἀρσίτης(Ancient Greek) آرستیس(Persian)
Pronounced Pron. /ar.sǐː.tɛːs/(Attic Greek) /ar.ˈsi.tis/(Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Greek form of the Old Persian name *R̥šitah, derived from *(w)r̥šā meaning "man, hero" or "stallion, stud" and the hypocoristic suffix 𐎡𐎫 (-itaʰ).