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Avesta|əˈvɛstə|
= Zend-Avesta. Hence Aˈvestan, Aˈvestic adjs., of or belonging to the Avesta; ns., the language of the Avesta.
1807W. Jones Sixth Discourse on Persians in Wks. (1807) III. 113 A learned follower of Zeratusht..assured me, that the letters of his prophet's book were properly called Zend, and the language, Avestà. 1856W. D. Whitney in Amer. Oriental Jrnl. V. 352 The Avesta is written in a language to which..the name of Zend has been given... If it should be regarded as still practicable to change the common usage, and give the language a more appropriate designation, none..could be found so simple, and open to so few objections, as Avestan... The Avestan, then, is an ancient Persian language. Ibid., General considerations..refer us to a time as early as the first half of the thousand years before Christ as being that of the Avestan language. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 775/2 Although the Avesta is a work of but moderate compass..there..exists no single MS. which gives it in its entirety. 1888Joseph Wright (title) Elements of the comparative grammar of the Indo-Germanic languages. A concise exposition of the history of Sanskrit, Old Iranian (Avestic and Old Persian), Old Armenian,..by Karl Brugmann. 1906L. C. Casartelli Sketches in Hist. viii. 216 Paulinus di San Bartolommeo..not only defended the genuineness of the Avestic language, but even indicated..its affinity with the Sanskrit. 1914E. J. Rapson Ancient India ii. 31 Avestan forms are, from the etymological point of view, manifestly later than Vedic forms. 1932W. L. Graff Lang. & Languages x. 370 Two dialects, Old Persian and Avestan or Zend. |