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Attested in Old PersianScript, transliteration, and gloss
𐎠𐎳𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎹𐎠
a-f-u-v-a-y-a
terror
Documented Old Persian dictionary entry for afuvāyā; English gloss: terror.
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terror
Documented attestations in ancient inscriptions
- Xerxes I, Persepolis (XPl)XPl, 42, XPl 42Confidence 100%