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

DB4. · 34100% confidence

𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎭𐎼𐎢𐎥𐎮𐎡[𐏁 𐏐 𐏃𐎷𐎡𐏂]𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎡𐎶𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎣𐎠𐎼𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎯𐎢𐎽/𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹𐏁

: a-b-v : d-r-u-g-di-i-[š : h-mi-i-ç]-i-y-a : a-ku-u-n-u-š : t-y : i-m-i-y : k-a-r-m : a-du-u-ru-/u-ji-i-y-šToken span 2–2 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB5. · 5100% confidence

𐏐 𐏃[𐎷𐎡𐏂𐎡𐎹]𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 [𐏑 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹] 𐏐 (𐎠)𐎰𐎶𐎡𐎫 𐏐 𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎢/𐎺𐎪𐎡𐎹

: h-[mi-i-ç-i-y]-a : a-b-v : [1 m-r-t-i-y] : (a)-ϑ-m-i-t : n-a-m : u-/v-ji-i-yToken span 4–4 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

DB5. · 14100% confidence

𐏐 𐎶𐎴[𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺] !! 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫[𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠]𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡/𐎹

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

DB5. · 30100% confidence

𐏐 𐎶]𐎴𐎠 [𐏐 𐎠]𐎲𐎺 !! [𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡]𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹/𐎰𐎡[𐎹

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

DSf · 25100% confidence

[𐎹𐎰]𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎫𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎱𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏐 [𐎰𐎡𐎣]𐎠 𐏐 𐎠[𐎺𐎴]𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎴𐎡𐎹[𐎠 𐏐]

[y-ϑ]-a : k-t-m : a-b-v : p-s-a-v : [ϑ-i-k]-a : a-[v-n]-i-y : a-n-i-y-[a :]Token span 5–5 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

XPf · 26100% confidence

𐏐 𐎠𐎲𐎺 𐏐 𐎺𐎿𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎳𐎼𐎰𐎼/𐎶

: a-b-v : v-s-i-y : t-y : f-r-ϑ-r-/mToken span 2–2 · exact · Automatically linkedView line and context

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