𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀

𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *úštrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras. Cognate with Sanskrit उष्ट्र (úṣṭra).

Noun

𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 • (uštra) m

1. camel

Declension

Declension of 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀‎ (YAv, masculine a-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋‎ uštrō	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra
Vocative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra
Accusative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬨‎ uštrəm	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬄‎ uštrą
Instrumental	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ uštraēibiia	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌𐬱‎ uštrāiš
Dative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌‎ uštrāi	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ uštraēibiia	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋‎ uštraēibiiō
Ablative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬝‎ uštrāt̰	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ uštraēibiia	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋‎ uštraēibiiō
Genitive	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬵𐬈‎ uštrahe	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬃‎ uštraiiā̊	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨‎ uštranąm
Locative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬈‎ uštre	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬋‎ uštraiiō	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬎‎ uštraēšu

Declension of 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀‎ (OAv, masculine a-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋‎ uštrō	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁‎ uštrā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁‎ uštrā
Vocative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁‎ uštrā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁‎ uštrā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁‎ uštrā
Accusative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬨‎ uštrəm	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁‎ uštrā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬇𐬧𐬔‎ uštrə̄ṇg
Instrumental	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁‎ uštrā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁‎ uštrōibiiā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌𐬱‎ uštrāiš
Dative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌‎ uštrāi	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁‎ uštrōibiiā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋‎ uštraēibiiō
Ablative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬝‎ uštrāt̰	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁‎ uštrōibiiā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋‎ uštraēibiiō
Genitive	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁‎ uštrahiiā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬃‎ uštraiiā̊	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨‎ uštranąm
Locative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬉‎ uštrē	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬋‎ uštraiiō	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬏‎ uštraēšū

Derived terms

• 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀‎ (zaraθuštra, “Zarathustra”)

Descendants

• → Old Persian: 𐎢𐏁𐎰𐎼 (ušθra)

References

• Martínez García, Javier; de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎, Brill, →ISBN