Old Persian cuneiform dictionary

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๐ ๐Žน๐Žฎ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Žฃ๐Ž ๐Žผ ๐ ๐Žฑ๐Ž ๐Žผ๐Žฟ ๐ ๐Žฑ๐Ž ๐Žซ ๐ ๐Ž ๐ƒ๐Žซ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐ƒ๐Žน๐Ž  ๐
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: if ยท people ยท Persian ยท protect ยท be ยท who

y-di-i-y : k-a-r : p-a-r-s : p-a-t : a-h-t-i-y : h-y-aOpen full entry
๐ ๐Ž ๐Žข๐Žผ๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žด๐Žก๐Žผ๐Žฟ๐Ž ๐Žซ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žฒ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Žก๐Žถ๐Ž ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Žป๐Žก๐Žฐ๐Žถ
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: down ยท come down ยท to ยท this (here) ยท house

a-u-r-a : n-i-r-s-a-t-i-y : a-b-i-y : i-m-a-m : vi-i-ฯ‘-mOpen full entry
๐ ๐Žท๐Žก๐Žฐ ๐ ๐Žฃ๐Žผ๐Žก๐Žน๐Žก๐ ๐ ๐Žซ๐Žน ๐ ๐Žผ๐Ž ๐Žฟ๐Žซ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žบ ๐ ๐Žถ๐Ž ๐Žถ ๐
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: injustice ยท do ยท who ยท right ยท that one ยท me, mine

mi-i-ฯ‘ : k-r-i-y-i-ลก : t-y : r-a-s-t-m : a-v : m-a-mOpen full entry
๐Žข๐Žซ๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žฑ๐Žฟ๐Žซ๐Žก๐ ๐ ๐Žข๐Žซ๐Ž  ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žฟ๐Žฒ๐Ž ๐Žผ ๐ ๐Žข๐Žซ๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žข๐Žบ๐Žด๐Žผ๐Ž 
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: and ยท (fighter) on foot ยท and ยท rider ยท and ยท ability

u-t-a : p-s-t-i-ลก : u-t-a : a-s-b-a-r : u-t-a : u-v-n-r-aOpen full entry
๐ ๐Žซ๐Žน๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žถ๐Ž ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žข๐Žผ๐Žถ๐€๐Žญ๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žข๐Žฑ๐Žผ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Žด๐Žก๐Žน๐Žฟ๐Žน
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: who ยท me, mine ยท Ahuramazdฤ ยท above ยท grant?

t-y-a : m-a-m : a-u-r-m-z-d-a : u-p-r-i-y : n-i-y-s-yOpen full entry