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𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐏁𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠𐏃 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎺𐎠𐎴𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎺𐎶𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐎿𐎶 𐏐 𐎢𐏂𐎠𐎼𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐏃

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-h

Attested sentence; word glosses: say, proclaim, communicate · Darius I, king of Persia · king · will · Ahuramazdā · that · think · do · for that reason · all · successful · be

Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for θāti Dārayava.uš xšāyaθiya vašnā A.uramazdāha taya amaniyai̯ kunavāni avamai̯ visam ucāram āha; English gloss: Attested sentence; word glosses: say, proclaim, communicate · Darius I, king of Persia · king · will · Ahuramazdā · that · think · do · for that reason · all · successful · be.

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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

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