𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Áryah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (aⁱriia), Sanskrit आर्य (ārya).

Adjective

𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y /Ariyaʰ/)

1. Iranian
   • 522 BCE – 486 BCE, Darius I, DSe line 13:

     𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿𐏃𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐏂 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 […]

     Pārsahyā : puça : Ariya […]

     A son of Persia, an Aryan […]

Derived terms

• 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎨𐎡𐏂 (a-r-i-y : c-i-ç /⁠ariya-ciça⁠/)
• *Aryābr̥zans

Descendants

• Middle Persian: (/⁠ēr⁠/)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl)