ʾhlmn'
Middle Persian
FWOTD – 2 August 2014
Alternative forms
- ʾhlymn' (/Ahreman/) – Book Pahlavi
- 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 (ʾḥlmny /Ahreman/) – Inscriptional Pahlavi
- 𐫀𐫍𐫡𐫖𐫗 (ʾhrmn /Ahreman/) – Manichaean
- 𐬁𐬵𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬥 (Āhrəman) – Pazend
Etymology
From Avestan 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (aŋra mainiiu, “Angra Mainyu”).
Proper noun
ʾhlmn' • (/Ahreman/)
- (Book Pahlavi, Zoroastrianism) Ahriman, Angra Mainyu, the Evil Spirit
- Bundahišn, codex DH 1970: 1
- ʾhlmn' BYN tʾlykyh PWN AHLdʾnšnyh Wztʾlkʾmkyh zwplpʾdk YHWWNt'
- Ahreman andar tārīgīh pad pas-dānišnīh ud-zadār-kāmagīh zufr-pāyag būd.
- Ahrimen was in darkness in backward knowledge and desire to destroy in the depth.
- Bundahišn, codex DH 1970: 1
Usage notes
In Book Pahlavi, the word is traditionally always written upside down.
Antonyms
- ʾwhrmẕd (/Ohrmazd/)
Descendants
- Persian: اهریمن (Ahriman)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “Ahreman”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 7
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