Definitions for Avestan
əˈvɛs tənaves·tan

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1. Avestan, Zendnoun

   an ancient Iranian language

2. Avestanadjective

   the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written

3. Avestanadjective

   of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism)

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1. Avestanadjective

   Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.

2. Avestannoun

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

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1. Avestan

   Avestan (), or historically Zend, or by the speakers as Upastavakaena ([ʊpas.taˈvakˈaeːna]) is an umbrella term for two Old Iranian languages: Old Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium BCE) and Younger Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium CE). They are known only from their conjoined use as the scriptural language of Zoroastrianism, and the Avesta likewise serves as their namesake. Both are early Eastern Iranian languages within the Indo-Iranian language branch of the Indo-European language family. Its immediate ancestor was the Proto-Iranian language, a sister language to the Proto-Indo-Aryan language, with both having developed from the earlier Proto-Indo-Iranian language; as such, Old Avestan is quite close in both grammar and lexicon to Vedic Sanskrit, the oldest preserved Indo-Aryan language. The Avestan text corpus was composed in the ancient Iranian satrapies of Arachosia, Aria, Bactria, and Margiana, corresponding to the entirety of present-day Afghanistan as well as parts of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The Yaz culture of Bactria–Margiana has been regarded as a likely archaeological reflection of the early "Eastern Iranian" culture that is described in the Zoroastrian Avesta.

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1. avestan

   Avestan is an ancient Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and scriptures of Zoroastrianism, known as the Avesta. It is similar to Sanskrit and is named after the Avesta texts. The language is categorized into two forms, Old Avestan and Younger Avestan, with the former being used in the oldest parts of the Avesta texts and the latter in the later sections. Although it is no longer a spoken language, it is still studied for religious and historical purposes.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Avestan in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Avestan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Avestan
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Avestan
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avestan
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