Old Persian cuneiform dictionary
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Attested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: this · an Elamite, son of Upadarma · lie, deceive · in this way · speak · I · king · be · Elam
i-y-m : a-ç-i-n : a-du-u-ru-u-ji-i-y : a-v-ϑ-a : a-ϑ-h : a-d-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-mi-i-y : u-v-j-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianInflected or attested form
Ariaramnes, king of Persia
a-r-i-y-a-r-m-nOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: this · Nidintu-Bel, Babylonian rebel, son of Ainaira · lie, deceive · in this way · speak · I · Nebuchadnezzar III, 'king' of Babylon · be · who · Nabonidus, king of Babylon · son · king · Babylon
i-y-m : n-i-di-i-t-b-i-r : a-du-u-ru-u-ji-i-y : a-v-ϑ-a : a-ϑ-h : a-d-m : n-b-u-ku-u-d-r-c-r : a-mi-i-y : h-y : n-b-u-n-i-t-h-y : p-u-ç : a-d-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-mi-i-y : b-a-b-i-r-u-vOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: this · Median rebel · lie, deceive · in this way · speak · I · Khashathrita, Median rebel · be · Cyaxares, king of the Medes · family · king · Media
i-y-m : f-r-v-r-t-i-š : a-du-u-ru-u-ji-i-y : a-v-ϑ-a : a-ϑ-h : a-d-m : x-š-ϑ-r-i-t : a-mi-i-y : u-v-x-š-t-r-h-y : t-u-m-a-y-a : a-d-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-mi-i-y : m-a-d-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: this · Elamite rebel, son of Cincakhri · lie, deceive · in this way · speak · I · rebel, king of Elam · be · Elam · king
i-y-m : m-r-t-i-y : a-du-u-ru-u-ji-i-y : a-v-ϑ-a : a-ϑ-h : a-d-m : i-m-n-i-š : a-mi-i-y : u-v-j-i-y : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianInflected or attested form
Teispes, great-grandfather of Cyrus II
c-i-š-p-i-šOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: this · rebel · lie, deceive · in this way · speak · I · king · be · Sagartian · Cyaxares, king of the Medes · family
i-y-m : c-i-ç-t-x-m : a-du-u-ru-u-ji-i-y : 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-y : u-v-x-š-t-r-h-y : t-u-m-a-y-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: this · Yutiyian rebel · lie, deceive · in this way · speak · I · younger brother of Cambyses II · be · who · Cyrus II, king of Persia · son · king
i-y-m : v-h-y-z-d-a-t : a-du-u-ru-u-ji-i-y : a-v-ϑ-a : a-ϑ-h : a-d-m : b-r-di-i-y : a-mi-i-y : h-y : ku-u-ru-u-š : p-u-ç : a-d-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-mi-i-yOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianInflected or attested form
Achaemenes, eponymous founder of the Achaemenid dynasty
h-x-a-m-n-i-š-h-y-aOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: this · an Armenian, son of Haldita · lie, deceive · in this way · speak · I · Nebuchadnezzar III, 'king' of Babylon · be · who · Nabonidus, king of Babylon · son · king · Babylonia
i-y-m : a-r-x : a-du-u-ru-u-ji-i-y : a-v-ϑ-a : a-ϑ-h : a-d-m : n-b-u-ku-u-d-r-c-r : a-mi-i-y : h-y : n-b-u-n-i-t-h-y : p-u-ç : a-d-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-mi-i-y : b-a-b-i-r-u-vOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: this · Margian rebel · lie, deceive · in this way · speak · I · king · be · Margiana
i-y-m : f-r-a-d : a-du-u-ru-u-ji-i-y : a-v-ϑ-a : a-ϑ-h : a-d-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : a-mi-i-y : m-r-g-u-vOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment
Attested sentence; word glosses: this · Scythian chiefian · who · Scythian
i-y-m : s-ku-u-x : h-y : s-kOpen full entryAttested in Old PersianPhrase or text fragment