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Avestan.

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

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name/əˈvɛst(ə)n/
  1. An ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.

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

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Avesta Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Avestan From Avesta + -an.

adj/əˈvɛst(ə)n/
  1. Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.

    not-comparable
    Avestan geography
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Avesta Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Avestan From Avesta + -an.

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