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' in Book Pahlavi, written upside down.

ʾhlmn' (/Ahreman/)

  1. (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.

Usage notes

In Book Pahlavi, the word is traditionally always written upside down.

Antonyms

  • ʾwhrmẕd (/Ohrmazd/)

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “Ahreman”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 7
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