𐎢𐎱𐎠

Old Persian

FWOTD – 10 April 2024

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *úpa, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, below”).

Preposition

𐎢𐎱𐎠 (u-p-a /upā/)

1. under, below [+accusative]
2. in the reign of [+accusative]
   • 5th century BCE, Behistun Inscription, column 3, lines 29-30:

     𐎱𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎣𐎠𐎼𐎶 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿/𐎶 𐏐 𐎢𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎡𐏁𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐎢𐎱𐎠 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎠𐏃

     p-s-a-v a-d-m k-a-r-m p-a-r-s-/m u-t-a m-a-d-m f-r-a-i-š-y-m h-y u-p-a m-a-m a-h

     /pasāva adam kāram Pārsa/m utā Mādam hya upā mām āha/

     Then did I send out the Persians and the Median army which was under me

Further reading

• Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎^[1]