𐎡𐎹𐎶

Old Persian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

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

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

• 𐎠𐎡𐎫 (a-i-t)