Old Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *Hiyám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hiyám, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬍𐬨 (īm), Sanskrit इयम् (iyám).

Pronoun

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𐎡𐎹𐎶 (i-y-m /iyam/m or f

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    • c. 640 BCE – 600 BCE, Ariaramnes, AmH 5:
      𐏐 𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎠𐎷𐎡𐎹
      iyam : dahyāuš : Pārsā : tya : adam : dārayāmiy
      This country Persia which I hold[1]
    • DNe 1-2:
      𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿
      𐎡𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐎶𐎠𐎭
      iyam : Pārsa
      iyam : Māda
      This is a Persian
      This is a Mede

Declension

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declension of 𐎡𐎹𐎶
Nom. sg. 𐎡𐎹𐎶 (i-y-m)
Voc. sg.
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative 𐎡𐎹𐎶 (i-y-m) 𐎡𐎶𐎡𐎹 (i-m-i-y)
Vocative
Accusative 𐎡𐎶𐎶 (i-m-m) 𐎡𐎶𐎡𐎹 (i-m-i-y)
Genitive-Dative
Instrumental-Ablative
Locative

See also

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