ܛܰܪܦܳܢܣܳܐ ṭrpnsʾ ṭarpānsā corslet, cuirass of mail
Parth. *tar-panās, MP *tan-panāh, a compound of MP tan [tn'] body (CPD 81), NP tan body, stature, person (Steingass 326), and MP panāh [pnʾh] protector, refuge (CPD 64), NP panāh asylum, refuge, protection (Steingass 256). The SW form panāh (< *pannāh < *patnāh < *pati-naθa-) corresponds to NW *panās < *pat-nās < *pati-nāsa-, cf. Av. 2nas- to reach, obtain, get, receive, accept (AirWb 1056): cf. Nyberg 150. The rendering of Ir. tan with Syr. ṭr, instead of tn, ṭn (as, for example, in tnwrʾ, s.v.) is due to a dissimilation induced by the presence of two sonants: see, for instance, s.v. trbnqʾ ← MP tanbānag and § 11.3.2 ● 1Sm 17, 6; JSB 2, 49, 20; 5, 294u; ThbK 1, 258, 4; Bh chr 173, 10; EN 41, 28; BA 4355; BB 830, 21 ◆ LS 291b; Lagarde GA 51, 135; Duval index pers. 222