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Avestan en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈvɛst(ə)n/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English Avesta Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Avestan From Avesta + -an.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.
    • Avestan geography
    • We find, fortunately preserved in the extant Avestan texts, some material that gives us a vivid idea of the importance which the ancient Iranians attached to the fulfilment of contracts. 1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 113:

Forms

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Av. Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic
Avest. Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Avestan terms

Synonyms

Avestic

Translations (13)

fr avestique (of or pertaining to Avesta) · sv avestisk (of or pertaining to Avesta) · de awestisch (of or pertaining to Avesta) · ro avestic (of or pertaining to Avesta) · hi अवस्ताई (of or pertaining to Avesta) · hu avesztai (of or pertaining to Avesta) · pl awestyjski (of or pertaining to Avesta) · ru авести́йский (of or pertaining to Avesta) · de avestisch (of or pertaining to Avesta) · fi avestalainen (of or pertaining to Avesta) · ca avèstic (of or pertaining to Avesta) · ka ავესტური (of or pertaining to Avesta) · fa اوستایی (of or pertaining to Avesta)

Avestan en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈvɛst(ə)n/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English Avesta Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Avestan From Avesta + -an.

Meanings

  1. An ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.
  2. An alphabet which was developed based on Pahlavi scripts and used to write Avestan and Middle Persian languages.

Forms

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Av. Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic
Avest. Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Gathic Avestan · Younger Avestan · Young Avestan · Old Avestan

Synonyms

Avestic · Zend · Avestic

Translations (28)

de Awestisch (Old Iranian language) · zza Ewıstki (diq) (Old Iranian language) · ka ავესტური ენა (Old Iranian language) · fi avesta (Old Iranian language) · de Avestisch (Old Iranian language) · ka ავესტური (Old Iranian language) · ga Aivéistis (Old Iranian language) · ca avèstic (Old Iranian language) · sv avestiska (Old Iranian language) · hi अवस्ताई (Old Iranian language) · nl Avestisch (Old Iranian language) · fr avestique (Old Iranian language) · hy ավեստերեն (Old Iranian language) · hu avesztai (Old Iranian language) · cmn 阿維斯陀語 /阿维斯陀语 (Old Iranian language) · da avestisk (Old Iranian language) · el Αβεστική γλώσσα (Old Iranian language) · sk avestčina (Old Iranian language) · tr Zentçe (Old Iranian language) · lt avestos kalba (Old Iranian language) · hy զենդերեն (Old Iranian language) · fa اوستایی (Old Iranian language) · ro avestică (Old Iranian language) · ru авести́йский (Old Iranian language) · es avéstico (Old Iranian language) · pl awestyjski (Old Iranian language) · pt avéstico (Old Iranian language) · fa زبان اوستایی (Old Iranian language)