Avestan

Avestan

English

Alternative forms

• Av., Avest. (abbreviations)

Etymology

From Avesta +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈvɛst(ə)n/

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Proper noun

Avestan

1. An ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.

   Synonym: (dated) Zend

2. An alphabet which was developed based on Pahlavi scripts and used to write Avestan and Middle Persian languages.

Translations

Old Iranian language

Armenian: զենդերեն (hy) (zenderen), ավեստերեն (hy) (avesteren) Avestan: please add this translation if you can Catalan: avèstic (ca) m Danish: avestisk c Dutch: Avestisch (nl) n Finnish: avesta (fi) French: avestique (fr) m Georgian: ავესტური (avesṭuri), ავესტური ენა (avesṭuri ena) German: Avestisch (de) n, Awestisch n Greek: Αβεστική γλώσσα n (Avestikí glóssa) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: avesztai (hu) Irish: Aivéistis f Lithuanian: avestos kalba f Persian: اوستایی‎ (fa) (avestâyi), زبان اوستایی‎ (fa) (zabân-e avestâyi) Polish: awestyjski (pl) m Portuguese: avéstico (pt) m Russian: авести́йский (ru) m (avestíjskij) (язы́к) Spanish: avéstico (es) m Swedish: avestiska (sv) c Turkish: Zentçe

Adjective

Avestan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.

   Avestan geography

   • 1922, Dhalla, Maneckji Nusservanji, Zoroastrian Civilization‎, page 113:

     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.

Translations

of or pertaining to Avesta

Catalan: avèstic (ca) Finnish: avestalainen French: avestique (fr) Georgian: ავესტური (avesṭuri) German: avestisch (de), awestisch (de) Hungarian: avesztai (hu) Persian: اوستایی‎ (fa) (avestâyi) Polish: awestyjski (pl) m Russian: авести́йский (ru) (avestíjskij) Swedish: avestisk (sv)

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ae, ISO 639-3 code ave (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Avestan, ave ⁠

Anagrams

• East Van, navetas