Avestan

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1. Avestan - Noun

2. Avestan - Adjective

3. Avestan - Proper noun

Meaning

the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written

an ancient Iranian language

of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism)

Source: WordNet

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The evidence of the Avestan meters confirms to the hilt the conclusions compelled by the evidence of the Avestan names: namely, (...) that the Early and Middle Books of the Rigveda precede the period of composition of the Avesta. Shrikant Talageri

Cognates outside of Germanic are Avestan yārǝ "year", Greek ὥρα main "year, season, period of time" (whence " hour "), Old Church Slavonic jarŭ and Latin hornus "of this year". Source: Internet

Religious text Avestan main The Avesta is the religious book of Zoroastrians that contains a collection of sacred texts. Source: Internet

"He" and his works are evident to humanity through the six primary Amesha Spentas http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/amesa-spenta-beneficent-AMƎŠA SPƎNTA, an Avestan term for beneficent divinity, meaning literally “Holy/Bounteous Immortal”.. Source: Internet

The absence of any older Iranian (Avestan) loanwords in Brahui supports this hypothesis. Source: Internet

The Greek form of the name appears to be based on a phonetic transliteration or semantic substitution of Avestan zaraϑ- with the Greek zōros (literally "undiluted") and the Avestan -uštra with astron (" star "). Source: Internet

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