π¬«π¬π¬°π¬π¬π¬
Avestan
Etymology
From the verbal root π¬«π¬π¬°β (yaz-, βto worship, to honor, to venerateβ), from Proto-Indo-European *yehβΗ΅- (βto worship, revere, sacrificeβ). The nominative form is π¬«π¬π¬°π¬π¬π¬β (yazatΕ), pl. π¬«π¬π¬°π¬π¬π¬π¬’π¬΅π¬β (yazatΓ₯ΕhΕ), reflecting Proto-Iranian *yazatah and pl. *yazatΔhah.
Compare Sanskrit ΰ€―ΰ€ΰ€€ (yajata).
Noun
π¬«π¬π¬°π¬π¬π¬ β’ (yazata) ?
- (Zoroastrianism) yazata, something worthy of veneration.
Related terms
- π¬«π¬π¬―π¬₯π¬β (yasna, βworship, sacrifice, venerationβ)
Descendants
- Middle Persian: yαΊdt' (yazad)
- Persian: Ψ§ΫΨ²Ψ―β (izad)
- β Gujarati: ΰͺ―ΰͺΰͺ¦ (yajad)
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