𐎒𐎱𐎠

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Old Persian

FWOTD – 10 April 2024

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ΓΊpa, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (β€œunder, below”).

Preposition

𐎒𐎱𐎠 (u-p-a /upā/)

  1. under, below
  2. in the reign of
    • 5th century BCE, Behistun Inscription, column 3, lines 29-30:
      𐎱𐎿𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎠𐎭𐎢 𐏐 𐎣𐎠𐎼𐎢 𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿/𐎢 𐏐 𐎒𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎢𐎠𐎭𐎢 𐏐 𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎑𐏁𐎹𐎢 𐏐 πƒπŽΉ 𐏐 𐎒𐎱𐎠 𐏐 𐎢𐎠𐎢 𐏐 πŽ πƒ
      p-s-a-v a-d-m k-a-r-m p-a-r-s-/m u-t-a m-a-d-m f-r-a-i-Ε‘-y-m h-y u-p-a m-a-m a-h
      /pasāva adam kāram Pārsa/m utā Mādam hya upā mām āha/
      Then did I send out the Persians and the Median army which was under me

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