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Avestan

noun
1.
An ancient Iranian language.  Synonym: Zend.
2.
The script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written.





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... Avesta can be correctly described only as Avestan, for no other literature in the same language exists. It resembles the Pahlavi, or Ancient Persian, but it is identical with no language. The Zend, or commentary, is written in ...
— The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. - Religion and Philosophy • Various


Words linked to "Avestan" :   Zend, Iranian language, Mazdaism, Iranian, Zoroastrianism, Avesta, script


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