𐎿𐎡𐎹𐎶𐎶

Old Persian

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek ἄσημος (ásēmos).[1]

Noun

𐎿𐎡𐎹𐎶𐎶 (s-i-y-m-m /saiymam/).[1]

  1. silver
    • 465-424 BCE, Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions, A1Vase A, lines 1—4:
      𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐏋 𐏐 𐏍𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐏋𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐏂 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐏋𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐏂 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐎡𐎶𐎶 𐏐 𐎲𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎥𐎼 𐏐 𐎿𐎡𐎹𐎶𐎶 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎣𐎼𐎫
      Artaxšaçâ XŠ vazraka XŠ XŠyânâm XŠ DHyûnâm / Xšayâršahyâ XŠhyâ puça / Xšayâršahyâ Dârayavaušahyâ XŠhyâ puça / Haxâmanišiya hya imam bâtugara siyamam vithiyâ 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: 𐫀𐫘𐫏𐫖 (ʾsym)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾsym), [Book Pahlavi needed] (KSPA)
    • Persian: سیم (sim)
      • Azerbaijani: sim
      • Gujarati: સીમ (sīm)
      • Kazakh: сым (sym)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian[1]