𐬀𐬴𐬀

Avestan

From Proto-Iranian *Hr̥táh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥tás (“truth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥-tós, from the root *h₂er- (“to fit; fix; put together”) +‎ *-tós (deverbal adjective suffix). Although the ostensible reading is aṣ̌a, this reflects an alternate form *Hŕ̥tah. A highly nuanced concept, see Asha for its full meaning.

Cognate with Persian (ard), Latin artus and Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “right, proper; law”).

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𐬀𐬴𐬀 • (aṣ̌a) n

truth, right, righteousness
order (cosmic and moral)
accord, lawfulness, conformity
existence, that which is established, proper
that which is created by God (dualism, in opposition to that which is created by evil)
the inexorable law of righteousness, the eternal fitness of things that are in accord with divine order