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Avestan

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noun

an ancient East Iranian language of the Indo-European family, the language of all the Avesta but the Gathas. Compare Gathic (def. 1).

adjective

of or pertaining to the Avesta or its language.

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Origin:
1855–60; Avest(a) + -an

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Avestan or Avestic (əˈvɛstən, əˈvɛstɪk)

—n
1.	Formerly called: Zend the oldest recorded language of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family; the language of the Avesta

—*adj*
2.	of or relating to the Avesta or its language

Avestic or Avestic

—n

—*adj*

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Avestan

Eastern Iranian language that survived in sacred texts centuries after it went extinct, from Persian Avesta "sacred books of the Parsees," earlier Avistak, lit. "books."

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