Νιφάτης

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Νῐφάτης: ου (ᾱ) ὁ Нифат (горная цепь в древней Армении, вост. продолжение Тавра к оз. Ван) Plut.

Greco-Persian Names

Hypc. form based upon APers. napāt, grandson, Av. napāt (NPers. nava), Skt. napāt + suffix a; perhaps connected with Apam Napat, genius of the waters; cf. Justi, NB. 229; Bthl., Wb. 1039; also Ἀπάμα.