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Avestan
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English
Alternative forms
en Av. Avest. abbreviations
Etymology
en :af Avesta -an + 1
Pronunciation
en /əˈvɛst(ə)n/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Avestan.wav Southern England
Proper noun
An ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.
en Avestic Zend<q:dated>
An alphabet which was developed based on Pahlavi scripts and used to write Avestan and Middle Persian languages.
en Avestic
Derived terms
en Gathic Avestan
en Old Avestan
en Young Avestan
en Younger Avestan
Translations
Old Iranian language
Armenian: hy զենդերեն, hy ավեստերեն
Avestan: ae
Catalan: ca avèstic m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿維斯陀語
Danish: da avestisk c
Dutch: nl Avestisch n
Finnish: fi avesta
French: fr avestique m
Georgian: ka ავესტური, ka ავესტური ენა
German: de Avestisch n, de Awestisch n
Greek: el Αβεστική γλώσσα n
Hindi: hi अवस्ताई f
Hungarian: hu avesztai
Irish: ga Aivéistis f
Lithuanian: lt avestos kalba f
Persian: fa اوستایی avestâyi, fa زبان اوستایی zabân-e avestâyi
Polish: pl awestyjski m
Portuguese: pt avéstico m
Romanian: ro avestică f
Russian: ru авести́йский m язы́к
Slovak: sk avestčina f
Spanish: es avéstico m
Swedish: sv avestiska c
Turkish: tr Zentçe
Zazaki: zza Ewıstki
Adjective
-
Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.
en Avestic
en Avestan geography
en 1922 Zoroastrian Civilization Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.41950 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: ca avèstic
Finnish: fi avestalainen
French: fr avestique
Georgian: ka ავესტური
German: de avestisch, de awestisch
Hindi: hi अवस्ताई
Hungarian: hu avesztai
Persian: fa اوستایی avestâyi
Polish: pl awestyjski m
Romanian: ro avestic
Russian: ru авести́йский
Swedish: sv avestisk
See also
ae
Further reading
1 ae ave
ave
Anagrams
en aaenstv navetas East Van savante
en Languages Zoroastrianism