𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁

a male given name, equivalent to English Darius


𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁

a male given name, equivalent to English Cyrus


𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁

The meaning of this term is uncertain. (magūš) It is a hapax legomenon known only from the Behistun inscription where it is used as a title (?) of persons. Sometimes said to be the term for a Zoroastrian priest, or for a magician, or for a sub-tribe of the Medes; these interpretations are formed by Greek Μάγος and μάγος.


𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁

India (the Indus valley region under Achaemenid rule)


𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠

satrap (governor of a province under Achaemenid Persian rule)


𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶

realm, province
kingship, sovereignty, kingdom


𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴

Armenia (an ancient Armenian kingdom in eastern Anatolia, in modern eastern Turkey and Armenia)


𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴𐎶

accusative singular of 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n)


𐎶𐎠𐎭

Median (native or inhabitant of the ancient region of Media in modern Iran) (usually male)


𐎶𐎠𐎭

Media (a geographic region and ancient satrapy of the Persian Empire in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes)

Media (a possible ancient kingdom ruled by the Medes from approximately 700 to 550 BCE, whose extent and sometimes even existence is debated)


𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹

Egypt (a country and ancient kingdom in North Africa and Western Asia)


𐎾𐎲𐎴𐎠𐎴

Lebanon (an ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Lebanon)


𐎠𐎼𐎲𐎠𐎹

a peninsula and region of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, where Arabic is or was spoken; sometimes in a broader sense, extending beyond the Arabian Peninsula


𐎢𐎺𐎩

Elam (an ancient civilization and empire in modern southwestern Iran, existing between c. 3200 BCE and 539 BCE)


𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣

Cappadocia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey)


𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺

Parthian (of, from or relating to the historical region of Parthia in Central Asia)


𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺

Parthia, Parthian Empire (a former empire in Central Asia and West Asia, ruled by dynasts from Parthia; the Parthian Empire; the Arsacid Empire)


𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼

Thrace (a historical region of Southeast Europe, now divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey)


𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠

Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))


𐎣𐎼𐎣𐎠

Caria (a historical region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)


𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹

Chorasmia, Khwarazm (a large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan)


𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹

Chorasmian (of, from or relating to the region of Chorasmia/Khwarazm in Central Asia)


𐎿𐎣

Scythia (a geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE)

Saka and Scythians, a nomadic people of the Eurasian steppes


𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴

Gorgan; Vahrkana (old city)
satrapy of Hyrcania


𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴𐎶

accusative singular of 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴 (a-p-d-a-n)


𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎨𐎴

a male given name most famously held by a senior official under Darius the Great and Xerxes. Aspacanah, Aspacana, Aspachanah, Aspachana, Aspathines, Aspačanā, Aspathines


A symbol of the Old Persian cuneiform script, the word divider.


𐎠𐎼𐎧

a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Arakha


𐎺𐏁𐎴𐎠

by the grace of, by the greatness of, by the will of


𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱

a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Hystaspes


𐎠𐎷𐎡𐎹

first-person singular present indicative of 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (astiy); am


𐎼𐎢𐎨

nominative/accusative singular of 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (ra-u-ca-h /raucah/)


𐎨𐎡𐏂

alternative form of *ciθrah: type, form, lineage


𐎡𐎶

neuter nominative/accusative singular of 𐎡𐎹𐎶 (iyam, “this”)


𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎠𐎷𐎡𐎹

first-person singular present active indicative of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹 (d-a-r-y-t-i-y /dārayatiy/)


𐎠

The first letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎡

The second letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎢

The third letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎣

The fourth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎤

The fifth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎥

The sixth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎦

The seventh letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎧

The eighth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎨

The ninth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎩

The tenth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎪

The eleventh letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎫

The twelfth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎬

The thirteenth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎭

The fourteenth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎮

The fifteenth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎯

The sixteenth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎰

The seventeenth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎱

The eighteenth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎲

The nineteenth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎳

The twentieth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎴

The twenty-first letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎵

The twenty-second letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎶

The twenty-third letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎷

The twenty-fourth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎸

The twenty-fifth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎹

The twenty-sixth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎺

The twenty-seventh letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎻

The twenty-eighth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎼

The twenty-ninth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎽

The thirtieth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎾

The thirty-first letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐎿

The thirty-second letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐏀

The thirty-third letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐏁

The thirty-fourth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐏂

The thirty-fifth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐏃

The thirty-sixth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script.


𐏃𐎾𐎮𐎫

Haldita (father of Nebuchadnezzar IV, who rebelled against Darius I)


𐎠𐎶𐏃𐎹

first-person plural present indicative of 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (a-s-t-i-y /astiy/)


𐏃𐎫𐎡𐎹

third-person plural present indicative of 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (a-s-t-i-y /astiy/)


𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼

image, picture
statue
likeness, representation


𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢𐏁

nominative singular of 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢 (d-h-y-a-u /dahạyau/)


𐎭𐎼𐎢𐎩𐎴

deceitful, full of lies
follower of the Lie


𐎰𐎠𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎨𐎡𐏁

Third month of the Old Persian year, falling from May to June


𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎼

Second month of the Old Persian year, falling from April to May


𐎶𐎴𐎠

inflection of 𐎠𐎭𐎶 (a-d-m /adam/):
inflection of 𐎠𐎭𐎶 (a-d-m /adam/):


𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁

Chorasmia, Khwarazm (a large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan)


𐏃𐎢𐎶𐎺𐎼𐎥

Who lays Haoma-plants around (the fire) (person)


𐎿𐎣𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎹𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎱𐎼𐎭𐎼𐎹

The Scythians inhabiting the Pontic Steppe


𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎹𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎱𐎼𐎭𐎼𐎹

European Greeks, Greeks who live in Greece proper


𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎹𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎼𐎹𐏃𐎹𐎠

Asian Greeks, Greeks who live on the western coast of Anatolia


𐏃𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁

alternative form of 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š /ʰUvārazmiš/, “Chorasmia”)


maθištah

superlative degree of *maθah (“great, big”): greatest, biggest


xšaθram

alternative form of 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (x-š-ç-m /xšaçam/): realm, kingship


-𐎡𐎣

of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to,


darikah

daric (a gold coin from the Persian Empire)


𐎴𐎲𐎢𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼𐎨𐎼

a male given name: Two pretenders to the throne of Babylon


𐎴𐎲𐎢𐎴𐎡𐎫

a male given name: Persianized form of the name of the Babylonian king Nabonidus


𐎴𐎮𐎡𐎫𐎲𐎡𐎼

a male given name: A pretender to the throne of Babylon


kāratākah

A kind of mercenary soldier by the Persians