𐏀𐎴

Old Persian

Etymology

From Old Median [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os. Cognates include Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos) and Sanskrit जन (jána).

Noun

𐏀𐎴 (z-n /zana/)

1. man
   • Inscription of Darius at Naqsh-e rustam A. (DNa), cca 6th century BCE, lines 8—10

     𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠𐎶 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐎿𐎱𐏀𐎴𐎠/𐎴𐎠𐎶

     adam Dārayavauš xšāyaθiya vazraka xšāyaθiya xšāyaθiyānām xšāyaθiya dahyūnām vispazanānām

     I am Darius the Great King, King of Kings, King of countries containing all kinds of men

Derived terms

• 𐎱𐎽𐏀𐎴 (p-ru-z-n /⁠paruzanaʰ⁠/)
• 𐎻𐎿𐎱𐏀𐎴 (vi-s-p-z-n /⁠vispazanaʰ⁠/)

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫗𐫃 (zng /⁠zanag⁠/, “kind, sort”)