Old Persian cuneiform dictionary

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๐Žฒ๐Žฅ ๐ ๐Žบ๐€๐Žผ๐Žฃ ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žข๐Žผ๐Žถ๐€๐Žญ๐Ž  ๐ ๐ƒ๐Žน ๐ ๐Žก๐Žถ๐Ž ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Žฒ๐Žข๐Žท๐Žก๐Žถ ๐
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: god ยท great ยท Ahuramazdฤ ยท who ยท this (here) ยท earth

b-g : v-z-r-k : a-u-r-m-z-d-a : h-y : i-m-a-m : b-u-mi-i-mOpen full entry
๐ ๐Ž ๐Žญ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Žง๐๐Žน๐Ž ๐Žผ๐๐Ž  ๐ ๐‹ ๐ ๐Žบ๐€๐Žผ๐Žฃ ๐ ๐‹ ๐ ๐‹๐Ž ๐Žด๐Ž ๐Žถ ๐ ๐‹ ๐
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: I ยท Xerxes I, king of Persia ยท king ยท great ยท king ยท king ยท king

a-d-m : x-ลก-y-a-r-ลก-a : Xล  : v-z-r-k : Xล  : Xล -a-n-a-m : Xล Open full entry
๐ ๐ƒ๐Žฎ๐Žก๐ ๐ ๐Žญ๐Ž ๐Žผ๐Žน๐Žบ๐Žข๐ ๐ ๐‹ ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žค๐Žข๐Žด๐Žข๐ ๐ ๐ƒ๐Žน ๐ ๐Žถ๐Žด๐Ž  ๐
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: palace ยท Darius I, king of Persia ยท king ยท do ยท who ยท me, mine

h-di-i-ลก : d-a-r-y-v-u-ลก : Xล  : a-ku-u-n-u-ลก : h-y : m-n-aOpen full entry
๐Žฑ๐Žก๐‚ ๐ ๐Žญ๐Ž ๐Žผ๐Žน๐Žบ๐ƒ๐Žข๐ ๐ ๐‹๐ƒ๐Žน๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žฃ๐Žผ๐Žซ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žบ๐๐Žจ๐Žก๐Žน
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (piรงa) ยท Darius I, king of Persia ยท king ยท do ยท unknown (avaลกciy)

p-i-รง : d-a-r-y-v-h-u-ลก : Xล -h-y-a : k-r-t-m : a-v-ลก-c-i-yOpen full entry