ereof
Dojoces (or Zohak) is the abbreviation. It means "the biting snake,"
from aji or azi, "a snake" or "serpent," and dahaka, "biting."

Amytis is probably ama, "active, great," with the ordinary feminine
suffix -iti, found in Armaiti, Khnathaiti, and the like. Astibaras
is perhaps "great of bone," from Zend agta (Sans, asthi), "bone," and
bereza, "tall, great." Harmamithres, if that is the true reading,
would be "mountain-lover" (monticolus), from hardam, ace. of hara, "a
mountain," and mithra or mitra, "fond of." If, however, the name should
be read as Armamithres, the probable derivation will be from rama, ace.
of raman, "pleasure," which is also the root of Rama-tea. Armamithres
may then be compared with Rheomithres, Siromitras, and Sysimithres,
which are respectively "fond of splendor," "fond of beauty," and "fond
of light." Mandauces is perhaps "biting spirit--esprit mordant," from
mand, "coeur, esprit," and dahaka, "biting." M Parsondas can scarcely
be the original form, from the occurrence in it of the nasal before the
dental. In the original it must have been Parsodas, which would mean
"liberal, much giving," from pourus, "much," and da, "to give." Ramates,
as already observed, is from rama, "pleasure." It is an adjectival form,
like Datis, and means probably "pleasant, agreeable." Susiscanes may be
explained as "splendidus juvenis," from quc, "splendere," pres. part,
cao-cat, and kainin, "adolescens, juvenis." Tithaeus is probably for
Tathaeus, which would be readily formed from tatka, "one who makes."
Finally, Zanasanes may be referred to the root zan or jan, "to kill,"
which is perhaps simply followed by the common appellative suffix -ana.

From these names of persons we may pass to those of places in Media,
which equally admit of explanation from roots known to have existed
either in Zend or in old Persian. Of these, Ecbatana, Bagistana, and
Aspadana may be taken as convenient specimens. Ecbatana (or Agbatana),
according to the orthography of the older Greeks was in the native
dialect Hagmatana, as appears from the Behistun inscription. This form,
Hagmatana, is in all probability derived from the three words ham,
"with" (Sans, sam, Latin cum), gam, "to go" (Zend gd, Sans, 'gam), and
ctana (Mod. Pers. -stan) "a place." The initial ham has dropped the
m and become ha, and cum becomes co- in Latin; gam has become gma
by metathesis; and gtan has passed into -tan by phonetic corruption.
Ha-gma-tana would be "