avestan

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Avestan
    adj 1: of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of
           Zoroastrianism)
    n 1: an ancient Iranian language [syn: {Avestan}, {Zend}]
    2: the script in which the ancient Persian language of the
       Avesta is written

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Avestan \A*ves"tan\, a.
   Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta.
   -- n. The language of the Avesta (an ancient Iranian
   language); -- less properly called {Zend}.

   Syn: Zend
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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