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Avestan

/əˈvɛst(ə)n/

Avestan proper noun: an ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.

Proper noun

Avestan

  1. An ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.
    Synonyms:
    Avestic, Zend
  2. An alphabet which was developed based on Pahlavi scripts and used to write Avestan and Middle Persian languages.
    Synonyms:
    Avestic

Adjective

Avestan (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.
    • Avestan geography
    • 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.1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 113
    Synonyms:
    Avestic

Avestan meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Persian

Avestan in Hindi

Old Iranian language
अवस्ताई avastāī
of or pertaining to Avesta
अवस्ताई avastāī

Avestan in Tamil

பண்டை ஈரானிய மொழி

Avestan in Persian

Old Iranian language
اوستایی avestâyi, زبان اوستایی zabân-e avestâyi
of or pertaining to Avesta
اوستایی avestâyi

Synonyms of Avestan

Forms of Avestan

alternative abbreviationAv.
alternative abbreviationAvest.

Origin of Avestan

From Avesta + -an.

Words formed from Avestan

  • Gathic Avestan
  • Old Avestan
  • Young Avestan
  • Younger Avestan

Questions about Avestan

What does Avestan mean?
Avestan means an ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.
What is Avestan in Hindi?
Avestan in Hindi is अवस्ताई (avastāī). See Avestan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Avestan?
Avestan can be a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Avestan?
Avestan is pronounced /əˈvɛst(ə)n/.

Words near Avestan in the dictionary

  1. aves
  2. avesicular
  3. Avest.
  4. Avesta
  5. Avestaic
  6. Avestan
  7. Avestic
  8. Aveta
  9. avetheropod
  10. avetheropodan
  11. avetheropodans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Avestan (page history and authors); avestan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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