单词 | avestic |
释义 | Avesticn.adj. A. n. The ancient Iranian language in which the Avesta is written; = Avestan n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > Avestan Zend1771 Zendic1771 Avesta1774 Zendish1802 Avestan1856 Avestic1860 Gathic1902 1860 J. Muir Orig. Sanskrit Texts II. App. 468 The two last dialects might perhaps also be embraced under the designation of Avestic. 1888 J. 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. 1922 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Apr. 279/2 Kurmanji is in consonance with Pahlevi and New Persian in many of its..developments from Avestic. 2006 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 69 484 The languages of their own textual tradition (Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Pali, Avestic, Hebrew, etc.). B. adj. Of or relating to the Avesta or the ancient Iranian language in which it is written; = Avestan adj. Cf. Zend-Avestic adj. at Zend-Avesta n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > non-Judaeo-Christian scriptures > [adjective] > Zend-Avesta Zend1762 Zend-Avestaic1816 Avestan1856 Avestic1865 Gathaic1891 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > Avestan Zend1762 Zendic1791 Avestan1856 Avestic1865 Avestaic1879 Gathic1902 1865 Englishman (Calcutta) 26 Aug. The schism between the Vedic and Avestic faiths took place on the Indian side of the Himalayas. 1881 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 2 329 The too absolute authority he gave to the Vedas in purely Avestic matters. 1906 L. 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. 1928 E. G. Browne Lit. Hist. Persia 1 ii. 81 Zend is the ‘explanation’ of an Avestic text in Pahlawí. 2005 East & West 55 456 The connection, evident both in the Indian and Avestic sources, between this toponym and the mythical fight of a mighty god..against a beast-like demon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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