Avestan Definition

ə-vĕstən
noun
The eastern dialect of Old Iranian, in which the Avesta is written.
American Heritage
The Iranian language in which the Avesta was written: it is closely related to Old Persian.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Of or relating to Avestan.
American Heritage
Of the Avesta or Avestan.
Webster's New World
Or or relating to the Avesta.
American Heritage

Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.

Wiktionary
pronoun

An ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.

Wiktionary

An alphabet which was developed based on Pahlavi scripts and used to write Avestan and Middle Persian languages.

Wiktionary

Origin of Avestan

  • From Avesta +‎ -an.

    From Wiktionary

Avestan Sentence Examples

  • Whilst the Soma-sacrifice has been thus developed by the Brahmanas in an extraordinary degree, its essential identity with the Avestan Haoma-cult shows that its origin goes back at all events to the Indo-Iranian period.

  • This identification can only be p urchased at the cost of a complete renunciation of the Avestan genealogy.

  • The preparation of the soma juice was a very sacred ceremony, and the worship of the god is very old, soma being identifiable with the Avestan homa, prepared and celebrated in the Indo-Iranian period.

  • Az in the Avestan mythology was the demon serpent who murders Gayomert in the old Persian legend, and an ally of Ahriman, as also are the Pairikas or Penis.

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Words Starting With

AAVAVE

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NANTAN

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