𐏃𐎨𐎠

𐏃𐎨𐎠

Old Persian

Preposition

𐏃𐎨𐎠 (h-c-a /hacā/)

1. from, since
   • 5th century BCE, Behistun Inscription, column 1, line 7:

     𐎺𐎹𐎶 𐏐 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠 𐏐 𐎰𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎶𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐏃𐎨𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎽𐎢𐎻[𐎡𐎹𐎫 𐏐] 𐎠𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎶/𐏃𐎹

     vayam : Haxāmanišiyā : ϑahyāmahy : hacā : paruviyata : āmātā : amahy

     We are called Achaemenids (because) we are distinguished from old

References

Prods Oktor Skjærvø (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎, page 31