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Piyamaradu (also spelled ''Piyama-Radu'', ''Piyama Radu'', ''Piyamaradus'', ''Piyamaraduš'') was a warlike personage whose name figures prominently in the Hittite archives of the middle and late 13th century BC in western Anatolia. His history is of particular interest because it appears to intertwine with that of the Trojan War. Some scholars assume that his name is cognate to that of King Priam of Troy. == Meaning of the name == The name appears to be a compound with Luwian ''piyama'' "gift" as its first part. Other Luwian names containing the same word are attested, such as Piyama-Kurunta. The second part of the word was earlier believed to be an unknown theonym *''Radu'',〔(Arzawa Pages ); see Theophoric names, and compare to the Hebrew form ''Jonathan'' ("Gift of Jehova").〕 but since Luwian words do not start with an ''r'', it must be ''aradu'', which may be a noun meaning "devotee", derived "from *''arada-'' 'religious community (vel sim.)', itself a derivative of *''ara-'' 'associate' (cf. Hittite ''ara-'' 'id.').〔Cf. I.S. Yakubovich, (Sociolinguistics of the Luvian Language ), p. 113.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Piyama-Radu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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