Associations to the word «Avestan»
Noun
- Sanskrit
- Iranian
- Mazda
- Asha
- Persian
- Latin
- Script
- Pie
- Language
- Middle
- Dialect
- Greek
- Text
- Old
- Iran
- Or
- Religion
- Hebrew
- Divinity
- Alphabet
- Name
- Magus
- Modern
- Hymn
- Form
- Lan
- Ga
- Noun
- Term
- Non
- Epithet
- Scripture
- Etymology
- Veda
- Vowel
- Indus
- Suffix
- Allusion
- Consonant
- Meaning
- Bce
- Commentary
- Syntax
- Younger
- European
- Camel
- Manuscript
- Bibliography
- Demon
- Transcription
- Hindi
- Absence
- Corpus
- Purity
- Similarity
- Translation
- Ancient
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
AVESTAN, proper noun. An ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.
AVESTAN, proper noun. An alphabet which was developed based on Pahlavi scripts and used to write Avestan and Middle Persian languages.
AVESTAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.
Dictionary definition
AVESTAN, noun. An ancient Iranian language.
AVESTAN, noun. The script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written.
AVESTAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism).
Wise words
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of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.