𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From the verbal root 𐬫𐬀𐬰 (yaz, “to worship, honor, venerate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to worship, revere, sacrifice”). The nominative form is 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬋 (yazatō), pl. 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬋 (yazatåŋhō), reflecting Proto-Iranian *yazatah and pl. *yazatāhah.

Compare Sanskrit यजत (yajata).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jazata/

Noun

𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 • (yazata) m

  1. (Zoroastrianism) yazata, something worthy of veneration.

Descendants

  • → English: yazata
  • → Gujarati: યઝત (yajhat)
  • → Old Persian: *𐎹𐏀𐎫 (*y-z-t, “yazata, god”)
    • Middle Persian: yẕdt' (/⁠yazad⁠/, “Yazata; god, divinity”)
      Manichaean script: 𐫏𐫉𐫅 (yzd)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (yz̠dt')
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭩𐭦𐭲𐭩 (yzty)
      Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮈𐮆𐮃𐮑𐮈 (yzdty)
      Pazend script: 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬛 (yazd)
      • Classical Persian: یزد (yazd, “angel”), ایزد (ēzad, “God”), یزدان (yazdān, “God”)
        Dari: ایزد (ēzad)
        Iranian Persian: ایزد (īzad)
        Tajik: эзид (ezid)
      • → Gujarati: યજદ (yajad)
      • → Sogdian: 𐫏𐫉𐫅𐫀𐫗 (yzdʾn, “gods”)
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