Old Persian cuneiform dictionary

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๐Žถ๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žน๐Žญ๐Žก๐Žน๐Žก๐ ๐ ๐Žน๐Žญ๐Ž ๐Žน๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žฑ๐Žฝ๐Žข๐Žบ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Žญ๐Žก๐Žบ๐Ž  ๐
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: not ยท unknown (yadiyaiลกa) ยท where ยท earlier ยท daiva

m-a : y-d-i-y-i-ลก : y-d-a-y-a : p-ru-u-v-m : d-i-v-aOpen full entry
๐Žฐ๐Ž ๐Žซ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Žง๐๐Žน๐Ž ๐Žผ๐๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žง๐๐Ž ๐Žน๐Žฐ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Žก๐Žถ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Žซ๐Žจ๐Žผ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žญ๐Žถ ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žค๐Žข๐Žด๐Žบ๐Žถ
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: say ยท Xerxes I, king of Persia ยท king ยท this (here) ยท unknown (tacaram) ยท I ยท do

ฯ‘-a-t-i-y : x-ลก-y-a-r-ลก-a : x-ลก-a-y-ฯ‘-i-y : i-m-m : t-c-r-m : a-d-m : a-ku-u-n-v-mOpen full entry
๐Žฐ๐Ž ๐Žซ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Žง๐๐Žน๐Ž ๐Žผ๐๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žง๐๐Ž ๐Žน๐Žฐ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Žบ๐๐Žด๐Ž  ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žข๐Žผ๐Žถ๐€๐Žญ๐Ž ๐ƒ ๐ ๐Žก๐Žถ ๐
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment

Attested line fragment; literal gloss: say ยท Xerxes I, king of Persia ยท king ยท will ยท Ahuramazdฤ ยท this (here)

ฯ‘-a-t-i-y : x-ลก-y-a-r-ลก-a : x-ลก-a-y-ฯ‘-i-y : v-ลก-n-a : a-u-r-m-z-d-a-h : i-mOpen full entry
๐ƒ๐Žฎ๐Žก๐ ๐ ๐Žญ๐Ž ๐Žผ๐Žน๐Žบ๐Žข๐ ๐ ๐Žง๐๐Ž ๐Žน๐Žฐ๐Žก๐Žน ๐ ๐Ž ๐Žค๐Žข๐Žด๐Žข๐ ๐ ๐ƒ๐Žน ๐ ๐Žถ๐Žด๐Ž  ๐ ๐Žฑ๐Žก๐Žซ๐Ž 
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 ยท father

h-di-i-ลก : d-a-r-y-v-u-ลก : x-ลก-a-y-ฯ‘-i-y : a-ku-u-n-u-ลก : h-y : m-n-a : p-i-t-aOpen full entry