yazata

English

Etymology

From the Avestan substantivized adjective π¬«π¬€π¬°π¬€π¬™π¬€β€Ž (yazata, β€œ(an entity that is) worthy of worship”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ya‧za‧ta

Noun

yazata (plural yazatas)

  1. (Zoroastrianism) A divinity.
  • yasna, any Zoroastrian act of worship.
  • Yasna, a particular religious ceremony, and of the liturgy recited during that ceremony.
  • yasht, any of a group of texts in which individual divinities are worshipped.
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