𐎠𐎲𐎺

Attested in Old Persian

be, become

Lemma: bav
Transliteration: a-b-v
Transcription: abava

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Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for abava; English gloss: be, become.

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Attested uses in inscription lines

30 occurrences

DB1. · 32100% confidence

𐏐 𐎴𐎡𐎹 𐏐] 𐎠𐏀𐎭𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎩𐎫 𐏐 𐎱𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎸𐎢𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹𐎶

: n-i-y :] a-z-d-a : a-b-v : t-y : b-r-di-i-y : a-v-j-t : p-s-a-v : k-b-u-ji-i-y : mu-u-d-r-a-y-mToken span 6–6 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB1. · 33100% confidence

[ 𐏐 𐎠𐏁𐎡𐎹]𐎺 𐏐 𐎹𐎰𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎸𐎢𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎺 𐏐 𐎱𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎣𐎠𐎼 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎣 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺

[ : a-š-i-y]-v : y-ϑ-a : k-b-u-ji-i-y : mu-u-d-r-a-y-m : a-š-i-y-v : p-s-a-v : k-a-r : a-r-i-k : a-b-vToken span 18–18 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB1. · 33100% confidence

[ : a-š-i-y]-v : y-ϑ-a : k-b-u-ji-i-y : mu-u-d-r-a-y-m : a-š-i-y-v : p-s-a-v : k-a-r : a-r-i-k : a-b-vToken span 19–19 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB1. · 34100% confidence

[𐏐 𐎢𐎫𐎠] 𐏐 𐎭𐎼𐎢𐎥 𐏐 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎢𐎺𐎠 𐏐 𐎺𐎿𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎢𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎢𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎢𐎫/[𐎠

[: u-t-a] : d-r-u-g : d-h-y-u-v-a : v-s-i-y : a-b-v : u-t-a : p-a-r-s-i-y : u-t-a : m-a-d-i-y : u-t-/[aToken span 10–10 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB1. · 40100% confidence

𐏐 𐎱𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎣𐎠𐎼 𐏐 𐏃𐎽𐎢𐎺 𐏐 𐏃𐎷𐎡𐏂𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐏃𐎨𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎶 𐏐

: p-s-a-v : k-a-r : h-ru-u-v : h-mi-i-ç-i-y : a-b-v : h-c-a : k-b-u-ji-i-y-a : a-b-i-y : a-v-m :Token span 10–10 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB1. · 48100% confidence

𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 !! 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎴𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐏃 𐏐 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐

: x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-b-v !! : ϑ-a-t-i-y : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : n-i-y : a-h : m-r-t-i-y :Token span 4–4 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB1. · 76100% confidence

𐏐 𐏃𐎷𐎡𐏂𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎶 [𐏐 𐎠]𐏂𐎡𐎴𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎺 𐏐 𐏃𐎢𐎺 𐏐 𐎧[𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹]

: h-mi-i-ç-i-y-a : a-b-v : a-b-i-y : a-v-m [: a]-ç-i-n-m : a-š-i-y-v : h-u-v : x-[š-a-y-ϑ-i-y]Token span 4–4 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB1. · 77100% confidence

𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎢𐎺𐎩𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎢𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐏑 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐎻𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎴𐎮𐎡𐎫𐎲𐎡𐎼 𐏐 𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎡𐎴[𐎡𐎼]𐏃𐎹/𐎠

: a-b-v : u-v-j-i-y : u-t-a : 1 m-r-t-i-y : b-a-b-i-ru-u-vi-i-y : n-di-i-t-b-i-r : n-a-m : a-i-n-[i-r]-h-y-/aToken span 2–2 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB1. · 80100% confidence

𐏐 𐏃𐎽𐎢𐎺 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎶 𐏐 𐎴𐎮𐎡𐎫𐎲𐎡𐎼𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎺 𐏐 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏃𐎷𐎡𐏂𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎧/𐏁𐏂𐎶

: h-ru-u-v : a-b-i-y : a-v-m : n-di-i-t-b-i-r-m : a-š-i-y-v : b-a-b-i-ru-u-š : h-mi-i-ç-i-y : a-b-v : x-/š-ç-mToken span 16–16 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB2. · 7100% confidence

𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 𐏐 𐎢𐎺𐎩 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭 𐏐 𐎠𐎰[𐎢𐎼𐎠 𐏐 𐎸𐎢𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 𐏐 𐎱𐎼]𐎰𐎺 𐏐 𐎶𐎼𐎦𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎰/𐎫𐎦𐎢𐏁

: a-b-v : p-a-r-s : u-v-j : m-a-d : a-ϑ-[u-r-a : mu-u-d-r-a-y : p-r]-ϑ-v : m-r-gu-u-š : ϑ-/t-gu-u-šToken span 2–2 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB2. · 16100% confidence

𐏐 𐎫𐎢𐎶𐎠𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎣𐎠𐎼 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭 𐏐 𐏃𐎹 𐏐 [𐎻𐎰𐎠𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐏃𐎢𐎺] 𐏐 𐏃𐎨𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏃𐎷𐎡𐏂𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠/𐎲𐎺

: t-u-m-a-y-a : p-s-a-v : k-a-r : m-a-d : h-y : [vi-ϑ-a-p-t-i-y : h-u-v] : h-c-a-m : h-mi-i-ç-i-y : a-/b-vToken span 20–20 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB2. · 17100% confidence

𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎶 𐏐 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎺 𐏐 𐏃𐎢𐎺 [𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹] 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭𐎡𐎹 !! 𐏐

: a-b-i-y : a-v-m : f-r-v-r-t-i-m : a-š-i-y-v : h-u-v [: x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y] : a-b-v : m-a-d-i-y !! :Token span 14–14 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

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