๐๐ด
Old Persian
Etymology
From Old Median [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ศทฬรกnHas, from Proto-Indo-European *วตรฉnhโos. Cognates include Ancient Greek ฮณฯฮฝฮฟฯ (gรณnos) and Sanskrit เคเคจ (jรกna).
Noun
๐๐ด (z-n /zana/)
- man
- Inscription of Darius at Naqsh-e rustam A. (DNa), cca 6th century BCE, lines 8โ10
- ๐ ๐ญ๐ถ ๐ ๐ญ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐น๐ฐ๐ก๐น ๐ ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ฃ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐น๐ฐ๐ก๐น ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐น๐ฐ๐ก๐น๐ ๐ด๐ ๐ถ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐น๐ฐ๐ก๐น ๐ ๐ญ๐๐น๐ข๐ด๐ ๐ถ ๐ ๐ป๐ก๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ด๐ /๐ด๐ ๐ถ
- adam Dฤrayavauลก xลกฤyaฮธiya vazraka xลกฤyaฮธiya xลกฤyaฮธiyฤnฤm xลกฤyaฮธiya dahyลซnฤm vispazanฤnฤm
- I am Darius the Great King, King of Kings, King of countries containing all kinds of men
- Inscription of Darius at Naqsh-e rustam A. (DNa), cca 6th century BCE, lines 8โ10
Derived terms
- ๐ฑ๐ฝ๐๐ด (p-ru-z-n /โ paruzanaสฐโ /)
- ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ด (vi-s-p-z-n /โ vispazanaสฐโ /)
Descendants
- Middle Persian:
- Manichaean script: ๐ซ๐ซ๐ซ (zng /โ zanagโ /, โkind, sortโ)