𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀
Avestan
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From the verbal root 𐬫𐬀𐬰 (yaz-, “to worship, to honor, to venerate”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂ǵ- (“to worship, revere, sacrifice”). The nominative form is 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬋 (yazatō), pl. 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬋 (yazatåŋhō), reflecting Proto-Iranian *yazatah and pl. *yazatāhah.
Compare Sanskrit यजत (yajata).
Noun
𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 • (yazata) m
- (Zoroastrianism) yazata, something worthy of veneration.
Related terms
- 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna, “worship, sacrifice, veneration”)