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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30 occurrences

DB2. · 80100% confidence

𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎣𐎠𐎼𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎰𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎰𐏃 𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎷𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎿𐎥𐎼𐎫/𐎡𐎹

a-b-v : k-a-r-h-y-a : a-v-ϑ-a : a-ϑ-h : a-d-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-mi-i-y : a-s-g-r-t-/i-yToken span 1–1 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB2. · 93100% confidence

𐏐 [𐏃𐎷]𐎡[𐏂]𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 [𐎠𐎲]𐎺 𐏐 [𐏃𐎨𐎠]𐎶 𐏐 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼[𐎫𐎡𐏁 𐏐 𐎠𐎥]𐎢[𐎲]𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 𐏐 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐏃/𐎢𐎺

: [h-mi]-i-[ç]-i-y-a : [a-b]-v : [h-c-a]-m : f-r-v-r-[t-i-š : a-g]-u-[b]-t-a : vi-š-t-a-s-p : m-n-a : p-i-t-a : h-/u-vToken span 4–4 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB2. · 94100% confidence

𐏐 [𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺𐎡𐎹] 𐏐 𐎠𐏃 [𐏐] 𐎠[𐎺]𐎶 𐏐 𐎣𐎠𐎼 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐏃𐎼[𐎭 𐏐 𐏃𐎷]𐎡𐏂𐎡[𐎹] 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎱𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 𐏐 𐎠/(𐏁)[𐎡𐎹𐎺

: [p-r-ϑ-v-i-y] : a-h [:] a-[v]-m : k-a-r : a-v-h-r-[d : h-mi]-i-ç-i-[y] : a-b-v : p-s-a-v : vi-š-t-a-s-p : a-/(š)-[i-y-vToken span 14–14 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB3. · 10100% confidence

𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎡𐎶 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎼𐎫𐎶 𐏐 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺𐎡𐎹 !! 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢/𐏁

: a-b-v : i-m : t-y : m-n-a : k-r-t-m : p-r-ϑ-v-i-y !! : ϑ-a-t-i-y : d-a-r-y-v-u-/šToken span 2–2 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB3. · 11100% confidence

𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎶𐎼𐎦𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎴𐎠𐎶𐎠 𐏐 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏃𐎢𐎺𐎶𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐏃𐎷𐎡𐏂𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺

: x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : m-r-gu-u-š : n-a-m-a : d-h-y-a-u-š : h-u-v-m-i-y : h-mi-i-ç-i-y-a : a-b-vToken span 14–14 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB3. · 20100% confidence

𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎱𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎡𐎶 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎶/𐎴𐎠

: x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : p-s-a-v : d-h-y-a-u-š : m-n-a : a-b-v : i-m : t-y : m-/n-aToken span 10–10 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB3. · 27100% confidence

𐏐 𐏃𐎨𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏃𐎷𐎡𐏂𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎶 𐏐 𐎺𐏃𐎹𐏀𐎭𐎠𐎫/𐎶

: h-c-a-m : h-mi-i-ç-i-y : a-b-v : a-b-i-y : a-v-m : v-h-y-z-d-a-t-/mToken span 6–6 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB3. · 28100% confidence

𐏐 𐎠𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎺 𐏐 𐏃𐎢𐎺 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿𐎡𐎹 !! 𐏐 𐎰𐎠/𐎫𐎡𐎹

: a-š-i-y-v : h-u-v : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-b-v : p-a-r-s-i-y !! : ϑ-a-/t-i-yToken span 8–8 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB3. · 76100% confidence

𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎡𐎶 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎶𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎼𐎫𐎶 𐏐 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐎹𐎠 !! 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠/𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹

: a-b-v : i-m : t-y : m-n-a : k-r-t-m : h-r-u-v-t-i-y-a !! : ϑ-a-t-i-y : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : x-š-a-/y-ϑ-i-yToken span 2–2 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB3. · 78100% confidence

𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐎻𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐏃𐎷𐎡𐏂𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐏃𐎨𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏑 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎧 𐏐 𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 (𐎠𐎼𐎷)𐎡𐎴𐎡/𐎹

b-a-b-i-ru-u-vi-i-y-a : h-mi-i-ç-i-y-a : a-b-v : h-c-a-m : 1 m-r-t-i-y : a-r-x : n-a-m : (a-r-mi)-i-n-i-/yToken span 5–5 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB3. · 82100% confidence

𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎧𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎺 𐏐 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐎶 𐏐 𐏃𐎢𐎺 𐏐 𐎠𐎥𐎼𐎲𐎠𐎹𐎫/𐎠

: a-b-v : a-b-i-y : a-v-m : a-r-x-m : a-š-i-y-v : b-a-b-i-ru-u-m : h-u-v : a-g-r-b-a-y-t-/aToken span 2–2 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB3. · 83100% confidence

𐏐 𐏃𐎢𐎺 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎼𐎢𐎺 !! 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠[𐎼𐎹𐎺]𐎢[𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁]𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡/𐎹

: h-u-v : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-b-v : b-a-b-i-r-u-v !! : ϑ-a-t-i-y : d-a-[r-y-v]-u-[š : x-š]-a-y-ϑ-i-/yToken span 6–6 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

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