ʾslwn'
Middle Persian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *átʰarwā. Ultimate origin is uncertain; possibly from the BMAC substrate. Compare Avestan 𐬁𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (āθrauuan), Sanskrit अथर्वन् (atharvan).
Noun
ʾslwn' • (āsrōn)
- (religion) a member of the priestly class
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- “ĀSRŌN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 1987