adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Avestan geography
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Avestic
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: Avestic
Antonyms: none provided
name
An ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Avestic, Zend
Antonyms: none provided
name
An alphabet which was developed based on Pahlavi scripts and used to write Avestan and Middle Persian languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Avestic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: script
noun
an ancient Iranian language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Zend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Iranian, Iranian language
History
Etymology tree English Avesta Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Avestan From Avesta + -an.
Across languages
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.