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avestan::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | zend |
| Type of | iranian, iranian language |
avestan::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Derivation | avesta |
avestan::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | script |
Examples of avestan
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Avestan has retained voiced sibilants, and has fricative rather than aspirate series.
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Avestan o is a special form of Pahlavi l that exists only in Aramaic signs.
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Avestan script, like Pahlavi script and Aramaic script also, is written from right to left.
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Avestan vispa ratavo meaning all the lords.
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Avestan is an eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the ZoroastrianGathas in c. 1000 BC.
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Avestan also incorporates several letters from other writing systems, most notably the vowels, which are mostly derived from Greek minuscules.
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Avestan script is alphabetic, and the large number of letters suggests that its design was due to the need to render the orally recited texts with high phonetic precision.
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- Of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism)
- An ancient Iranian language
- The script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written
- (avesta) a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries
- Avestan is an East Iranian language known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture, i.e. the Avesta, from which it derives its name. The Yaz culture has been regarded as a likely archaeological reflection of early East Iranian culture as described in the Avesta. ...
- (Avesta (locality)) Avesta is a locality and the seat of Avesta Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 14,738 inhabitants in 2005.
- (Avesta) The Holy Scriptures of the Zoroastrian religion, written by the founder, Zoroaster, around 1200 BCE.
