Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Avestan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Avestan \A*ves"tan\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta.
-- n. The language of the Avesta; -- less properly called
{Zend}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Avestan
adj : of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of
Zoroastrianism) [syn: {Avestan}]
n 1: an ancient Iranian language [syn: {Avestan}, {Zend}]
2: the script in which the ancient Persian language of the
Avesta is written [syn: {Avestan}]
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