BEHISTUN


Meaning of BEHISTUN in English

/bay'hi stoohn"/ , n.

a ruined town in W Iran: site of a cliff that bears on its face a cuneiform inscription in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian that provided a key for the decipherment of cuneiform in other languages.

Also, Bisitun, Bisutun .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .