Old Persian cuneiform dictionary

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𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐏃𐎽𐎢𐎺𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎲𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐎨 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹
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Attested sentence; word glosses: I · Darius I, king of Persia · king · great · land · all · earth · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son · Achaemenid

a-d-m : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-z-r-k : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-a-n-a-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : d-h-y-u-n-a-m : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : h-ru-u-v-h-y-a-y-a : b-u-mi-i-y-a : vi-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-yOpen full entry
𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏌𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐏏𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐎨 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎡𐎶𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐏂𐎼𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎺𐎶
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Attested sentence; word glosses: I · Darius I, king of Persia · king · great · land · this (here) · earth · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son · Achaemenid · say, proclaim, communicate · this · palace · build

a-d-m : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : v-z-r-k : XŠ : XŠ-y-a-n-a-m : XŠ : DH-n-a-m : XŠ : a-h-y-a-y-a : BU-y-a : vi-i-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-y : ϑ-a-t-i-y : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : i-m-m : d-c-r-m : a-d-m : a-ku-u-n-v-mOpen full entry
𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐏁𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠𐏃 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎺𐎠𐎴𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎶𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐎿𐎶 𐏐 𐎢𐏂𐎠𐎼𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐏃
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Attested sentence; word glosses: say, proclaim, communicate · Darius I, king of Persia · king · will · Ahuramazdā · that · think · do · for that reason · all · successful · be

ϑ-a-t-i-y : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-š-n-a : a-u-r-m-z-d-a-h : t-y : a-m-n-i-y-i-y : ku-u-n-v-a-n-i-y : a-v-m-i-y : vi-i-s-m : u-c-a-r-m : a-hOpen full entry
𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏌𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐏏𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐎨 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹
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Attested sentence; word glosses: I · Darius I, king of Persia · king · great · land · this (here) · earth · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son · Achaemenid

a-d-m : d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : v-z-r-k : XŠ : XŠ-y-a-n-a-m : XŠ : DH-y-u-n-a-m : XŠ : a-h-y-a-y-a : BU-y-a : vi-i-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-yOpen full entry
𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎲𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐎨 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹
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Attested sentence; word glosses: Darius I, king of Persia · king · great · land · this (here) · earth · Hystaspes, father of Darius I · son · Achaemenid

d-a-r-y-v-u-š : XŠ : v-z-r-k : XŠ : XŠ-y-a-n-a-m : XŠ : d-h-y-u-n-a-m : XŠ : a-h-y-a-y-a : b-u-mi-i-y-a : v-z-r-k-a-y-a : vi-i-š-t-a-s-p-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-yOpen full entry
𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐏃𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐎨 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹
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Attested sentence; word glosses: Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · great · Darius I, king of Persia · son · Achaemenid

x-š-y-a-r-š-a : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-z-r-k : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-a-n-a-m : d-a-r-y-v-h-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-yOpen full entry
𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐏃𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐎨 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹
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Attested sentence; word glosses: Xerxes I, king of Persia · king · great · Darius I, king of Persia · son · Achaemenid

x-š-y-a-r-š-a : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : v-z-r-k : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-a-n-a-m : d-a-r-y-v-h-u-š : x-š-a-y-ϑ-i-y-h-y-a : p-u-ç : h-x-a-m-n-i-š-i-yOpen full entry