𐎱𐎑𐎼𐎠𐎺

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Old Persian

Etymology

From Demotic pꜣ yr-κœ₯ꜣ (β€œthe Nile”) (borrowed with the definite article), based on Egyptian jtrw (β€œriver”), κœ₯ꜣ (β€œgreat”).

Proper noun

𐎱𐎑𐎼𐎠𐎺 (p-i-r-a-v /Pirāva/)

  1. the Nile
    • 522-486 BC, DZc
      𐎠𐎭𐎢 𐏐 𐎴𐎑[𐎹𐏁]𐎫𐎠𐎹𐎢 𐏐 𐎑𐎢𐎠𐎢 [𐏐 𐎹𐎒𐎻𐎑𐎹𐎠]/𐎢 𐏐 𐎣𐎫𐎴𐎑𐎹 𐏐 πƒπŽ¨πŽ  𐏐 𐎱𐎑𐎼𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎴𐎠𐎢 𐏐 𐎼𐎒𐎫 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 𐎸𐎒𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹𐎑𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎡𐎒[𐎺𐎫𐎑𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎲]/𐎑𐎹[𐏐 𐎭]𐎼𐎹 𐏐 𐎫𐎹 𐏐 πƒπŽ¨πŽ  𐏐 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿𐎠
      adam nitāyam imām m kantana+ hacā Pirāva nāma raṷta Muδrāya+ danui ya tya hacā Pārsā
      I ordered to dig this canal from the river that is called Nile and flows in Egypt, to the sea that begins in Persia.

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