Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Old Persian cuneiform dictionary
Explore words through their script, meaning, and evidence.
Each entry is a documented research record: cuneiform, transliteration, meaning, searchable forms, attested context, and licensed inscriptional imagery.
1,316 published entries4 entries with images
Entry archive
Dictionary gallery
1,316 entries
Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Xerxes I, king of Persia · king
x-š-y-a-r-š-a : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: and · who · unknown (piça) · do
u-t-a : t-y-m-i-y : p-i-ç : k-r-t-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (avašciy) · Ahuramazdā · protect
a-v-š-c-i-y : a-u-r-m-z-d-a : p-a-tu-u-vOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: and · command, direct
u-t-a : f-r-a-m-a-y-t-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: to · that one · do
a-b-i-y : a-v : k-r-t-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: make · who · that one · sky · make · who
a-d-a : h-y : a-v-m : a-s-m-a-n-m : a-d-a : h-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: man · make · who · happiness · make
m-r-t-i-y-m : a-d-a : h-y : š-i-y-a-t-i-m : a-d-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Darius I, king of Persia · king · unknown (puça)
d-a-r-y-v-h-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-h-y-a : p-u-çOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Achaemenid · Persian · Persian · unknown (puça)
h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-y : p-a-r-s : p-a-r-s-h-y-a : p-u-çOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Iranian · unknown (Ariyaciça) · say · Xerxes I, king of Persia
a-r-i-y : a-r-i-y-c-i-ç : ϑ-a-t-i-y : x-š-y-a-r-š-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: king · will · Ahuramazdā · this (here)
x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-š-n-a : a-u-r-m-z-d-h-a : i-m-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: further away · unknown (hacā) · Persia · I
a-p-t-r-m : h-c-a : p-a-r-s-a : a-d-m-š-a-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: who · me, mine · that one · hold · Mede
t-y : m-n-a : a-v-di-i-š : a-d-a-r-y : m-a-dOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Elam · Arachosia · Armenia · Drangiana · Parthia
u-j : h-r-u-v-t-i-š : a-r-mi-i-n : z-r-k : p-r-ϑ-vOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Babylonia · Assyria · Sattagydia · Lydia
b-a-b-i-ru-u-š : a-ϑ-u-r-a : ϑ-t-gu-u-š : s-p-r-dOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: unknown (Maciyā) · Arabia · Gandhara · India
m-c-i-y-a : a-r-b-a-y : g-d-a-r : h-i-du-u-šOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: Cappadocia · Dahian · Scythian · Amyrgian · Scythian
k-t-p-tu-u-k : d-h-a : s-k-a : h-u-m-v-r-g-a : s-k-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: with pointed hats · unknown (Skudrā) · unknown (Ākaufaciyā)
t-i-g-r-x-u-d-a : s-ku-u-d-r-a : a-k-u-f-c-i-y-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: be, become · be · in · this
a-b-v-m : a-s-t-i-y : a-t-r : a-i-t-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: after · Ahuramazdā · support
p-s-a-v-m-i-y : a-u-r-m-z-d-a : u-p-s-t-a-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: carry · will · Ahuramazdā · that one · land
a-b-r : v-š-n-a : a-u-r-m-z-d-h-a : a-v : d-h-y-a-v-mOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested line fragment; literal gloss: destroy · and · mandate · daiva
vi-i-y-k-n-m : u-t-a : p-t-i-y-z-b-y-m : d-i-v-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment