Associations to the word «Avestan»

Wiktionary

AVESTAN, proper noun. An ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.
AVESTAN, proper noun. An alphabet which was developed based on Pahlavi scripts and used to write Avestan and Middle Persian languages.
AVESTAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.

Dictionary definition

AVESTAN, noun. An ancient Iranian language.
AVESTAN, noun. The script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written.
AVESTAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King