𐎿𐎡𐎹𐎶𐎶

Old Persian

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek ἄσημος (ásēmos).

Noun

𐎿𐎡𐎹𐎶𐎶 (s-i-y-m-m /saiymam/).

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)