Avestanとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Avesta +‎ -an.

発音

• IPA^(key): /əˈvɛst(ə)n/

固有名詞

Avestan

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

   Synonym: (dated) Zend

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

形容詞

Avestan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.

   Avestan geography

   • 1922, Dhalla, Maneckji Nusservanji, Zoroastrian Civilization‎^[1], page 113:

     We find, fortunately preserved in the extant Avestan texts, some material that gives us a vivid idea of the importance which the ancient Iranians attached to the fulfilment of contracts.