avestic

World English Dictionary
Avestan or Avestic (əˈvɛstən, əˈvɛstɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Avestic is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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