𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀

Avestan

FWOTD – 9 September 2016

Etymology

From 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā, “Mazda”) +‎ 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna, “worship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mazdajasna]

Noun

𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 • (mazdaiiasna) m

1. Mazda-worshipper, Mazdean
   • c. 1500 BCE – 500 BCE, Yasna 12.1:

     𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬉⸱𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬋⸱𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬌𐬱⸱𐬬𐬍𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬋⸱𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀-𐬝𐬐𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬋⸱𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬁⸱𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬴𐬀𐬥𐬅𐬨⸱𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬅𐬨⸱𐬪𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬁⸱𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬴𐬀𐬥𐬅𐬨⸱𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬅𐬨𐬼

     frauuarānē.mazdaiiasnō.zaraθuštriš.vīdaēuuō.ahura-t̰kaēṣ̌ō.staotā.aməṣ̌aną̇m.spəṇtaną̇m.ẏaštā.aməṣ̌aną̇m.spəṇtaną̇m.

     I declare myself a Mazda-worshipper, a supporter of Zarathushtra, hostile to the Daevas, fond of Ahura's teaching, a praiser of the Amesha Spentas, a worshipper of the Amesha Spentas.

Antonyms

• 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (daēuuaiiasna, “daeva-worshipper”)

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Μασδαασνης (Masdaasnēs), Μασδαασνου (Masdaasnou, gen.), Μασδασνου (Masdasnou, gen.)
• → Old Median: *mazdayaznah (calque)
  • → Aramaic: 𐡌𐡆𐡃𐡉𐡆𐡍 (mzdyzn)
  • → Akkadian: 𒈠𒊍𒁕𒄑𒈾 (ma-az-da-iz-na)
• → Parthian: (calque)

  Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫉𐫅𐫏𐫗𐫉 (mzdynz), 𐫖𐫉𐫅𐫏𐫉𐫗 (mzdyzn /⁠mazdēzn⁠/)

  Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭌𐭆𐭃𐭉𐭆𐭍 (mzdyzn /⁠mazdēzn⁠/)

  • → Old Armenian: մազդեզն (mazdezn)
    • Armenian: մազդեզն (mazdezn)

• → Old Persian: *mazdaiyašnaʰ (calque)
  • → Elamite: 𒈦𒁕𒉿𒀾𒈾 (maš-da-ya-áš-na), 𒈦𒁕𒉿𒅖𒈾 (maš-da-ya-iš-na), 𒈦𒋼𒀾𒈾 (maš-te-áš-na)
• → Old Persian: *mazdaiyaznaʰ
  • Middle Persian:

    Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫉𐫅𐫏𐫘 (mʾzdys /⁠māzdēs⁠/)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾz̲d(y)s̲n̲' /⁠māzdēsn⁠/)

    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭬𐭦𐭣𐭩𐭮𐭭 (mzdysn /⁠mazdēsn⁠/)

    Pazend script: [Pazend needed] (mahēst) (distorted)

• → Sanskrit: मज्दईअस्नि (majdaīasni)
• → Sogdian: (calque)

  Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫉𐫤𐫀𐫏𐫉𐫗 (mztʾyzn)

References

• Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1160
• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 227b
• Gharib, B. (1995) “mztʾyzn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 227b
• Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 164
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 190
• Janda, Michael (2004) Die Sprache Der Meder (dissertation)‎^[3] (in German), University of Zurich, page 98
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “māzdēsn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 55
• Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 130
• Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 122–123