Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• ʾhlymn' ‎(Ahreman) (Book Pahlavi)
• 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 ‎(Ahreman [ʾhlmny]) (Inscriptional Pahlavi)
• ʾhrmn ‎(Ahreman) (Manichaean)
• 𐬁𐬵𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬥 ‎(Āhrəman) (Pazend)

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

• Persian: اهریمن ‎(Ahriman)

References

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