𐎿𐎑𐎹𐎢𐎢

Old Persian

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek ἄσημος (Γ‘sΔ“mos).[1]

Noun

𐎿𐎑𐎹𐎢𐎢 (s-i-y-m-m /saiymam/).[1]

  1. silver
    • 465-424 BCE, Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions, A1Vase A, lines 1β€”4:
      πŽ πŽΌπŽ«πŽ§ππ‚πŽ π 𐏋 𐏐 πŽΊπ€πŽΌπŽ£ 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 π‹πŽΉπŽ πŽ΄πŽ πŽΆ 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏍𐎹𐎒𐎴𐎠𐎢 𐏐 πŽ§ππŽΉπŽ πŽΌππƒπŽΉπŽ  𐏐 π‹πƒπŽΉπŽ  𐏐 πŽ±πŽ’π‚ 𐏐 πŽ§ππŽΉπŽ πŽΌππƒπŽΉπŽ  𐏐 πŽ­πŽ πŽΌπŽΉπŽΊπŽ’ππƒπŽΉπŽ  𐏐 π‹πƒπŽΉπŽ  𐏐 πŽ±πŽ’π‚ 𐏐 πƒπŽ§πŽ πŽΆπŽ΄πŽ‘ππŽ‘πŽΉ 𐏐 πƒπŽΉ 𐏐 𐎑𐎢𐎢 𐏐 𐎲𐎠𐎬𐎒πŽ₯𐎼 𐏐 𐎿𐎑𐎹𐎢𐎢 𐏐 𐎻𐎑𐎰𐎑𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎼𐎫
      ArtaxΕ‘aΓ§Γ’ XΕ  vazraka XΕ  XΕ yΓ’nΓ’m XΕ  DHyΓ»nΓ’m / XΕ‘ayΓ’rΕ‘ahyΓ’ XΕ hyΓ’ puΓ§a / XΕ‘ayΓ’rΕ‘ahyΓ’ DΓ’rayavauΕ‘ahyΓ’ XΕ hyΓ’ puΓ§a / HaxΓ’maniΕ‘iya hya imam bΓ’tugara siyamam vithiyΓ’ karta
      Artaxerxes, the great king, king of kings, king of all peoples, / son of king Xerxes, Xerxes the son of king Darius, the Achaemenid, who made this silver cup in his palace.

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: (or ← Greek)
    Manichaean script: π«€π«˜π«π«– (ΚΎsym)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ΚΎsym), [Book Pahlavi needed] (KSPA)

References

  1. SkjΓ¦rvΓΈ, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persianβ€Ž
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