Avestan.

Brit.

/əˈvɛstə/, U.S.

/əˈvɛstə/

Forms: 1700s– Avesta, 1800s Awasta (rare), 1900s Awesta (rare).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Zend-Avesta n.

Etymology: Shortened < Zend-Avesta n., probably as a result of reinterpretation of the first element as attributive. Compare French Avesta (1762 or earlier), German Avesta (1763 or earlier; formerly also Awesta ). Compare earlier Zend n.In the occasional forms Awasta and Awesta probably with remodelling after Persian awastā (see Zend-Avesta n.).

The sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism; spec. the ancient texts enshrining the law, liturgy, and belief system of Zoroastrianism, written in the ancient Avestan language.In its surviving form the Avesta appears to have been assembled under the Sassanian Kings (3rd–7th cent. a.d.) from the remains of a much larger body of ancient scripture.In earliest use (see quot. 1774) erroneously applied to the interpretative text which accompanies the Avesta in many manuscripts; cf. Zend n., Zend-Avesta n.

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1774 M.-A. Pillement de Fauques Vizirs III. 2 The Zend..is a compound of absurd doctrine, and of morality... The Vesta, or Avesta, which was joined to it, is a commentary on the said doctrine.

1798 Monthly Rev. Apr. 575 On many other occasions the author ingeniously consults the Avesta for geographical elucidations.

1853 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 3 227 The three last named publications relate to the criticism of the text, and the interpretation, of the Avesta.

1888 Encycl. 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.

1930 Jrnl. Relig. 10 108 A later passage of the Avesta.

1985 M. Schwartz in I. Gershevitch Cambr. Hist. Iran II. xiv. 664 The Avesta is a compilation of liturgy, dogma, prayers, spells, mythological lore and prescriptions.

2016 L. Khatchadourian Imperial Matter i. 11 One such debate has long centered on the relation of the religion of the Avesta, commonly known as Zoroastrianism, to that of the Achaemenids.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	avesta
释义	Avestan. Brit. /əˈvɛstə/, U.S. /əˈvɛstə/ Forms: 1700s– Avesta, 1800s Awasta (rare), 1900s Awesta (rare). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Zend-Avesta n. Etymology: Shortened < Zend-Avesta n., probably as a result of reinterpretation of the first element as attributive. Compare French Avesta (1762 or earlier), German Avesta (1763 or earlier; formerly also Awesta ). Compare earlier Zend n.In the occasional forms Awasta and Awesta probably with remodelling after Persian awastā (see Zend-Avesta n.). The sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism; spec. the ancient texts enshrining the law, liturgy, and belief system of Zoroastrianism, written in the ancient Avestan language.In its surviving form the Avesta appears to have been assembled under the Sassanian Kings (3rd–7th cent. a.d.) from the remains of a much larger body of ancient scripture.In earliest use (see quot. 1774) erroneously applied to the interpretative text which accompanies the Avesta in many manuscripts; cf. Zend n., Zend-Avesta n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > non-Judaeo-Christian scriptures > [noun] > Zend-Avesta (Parsee) Zend-Avesta1630 Zend1700 Avesta1774 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > Avestan Zend1771 Zendic1771 Avesta1774 Zendish1802 Avestan1856 Avestic1860 Gathic1902 1774 M.-A. Pillement de Fauques Vizirs III. 2 The Zend..is a compound of absurd doctrine, and of morality... The Vesta, or Avesta, which was joined to it, is a commentary on the said doctrine. 1798 Monthly Rev. Apr. 575 On many other occasions the author ingeniously consults the Avesta for geographical elucidations. 1853 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 3 227 The three last named publications relate to the criticism of the text, and the interpretation, of the Avesta. 1888 Encycl. 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. 1930 Jrnl. Relig. 10 108 A later passage of the Avesta. 1985 M. Schwartz in I. Gershevitch Cambr. Hist. Iran II. xiv. 664 The Avesta is a compilation of liturgy, dogma, prayers, spells, mythological lore and prescriptions. 2016 L. Khatchadourian Imperial Matter i. 11 One such debate has long centered on the relation of the religion of the Avesta, commonly known as Zoroastrianism, to that of the Achaemenids. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1774
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