Appendix:Avestan Swadesh list

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This is a Swadesh list of words in Avestan, compared with definitions in English.

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β„–EnglishAvestan
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1I (1sg)𐬀𐬰𐬇𐬨 (azΙ™Μ„m)
2you (2sg)𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tΕ«m), π¬™π¬β€Ž (tΕ«β€Ž) (enclitic)
3he, she, it (3sg)
4we (1pl)
5you (2pl)
6they (3pl)
7thisπ¬€π¬Œπ¬Œπ¬‡π¬¨β€Ž (aiiΙ™Μ„mβ€Ž), 𐬀𐬉𐬨 (aΔ“m) (Young)
8that
9here
10there
11who
12what
13where
14when
15how
16not
17allπ¬¬π¬π¬―π¬žπ¬€ (vΔ«spa)
18many
19some
20few
21other
22oneπ¬€π¬‰π¬Žπ¬Žπ¬€ (aΔ“uua)
23twoπ¬›π¬Žπ¬Žπ¬€β€Ž (duuaβ€Ž)
24threeπ¬šπ¬­π¬Œβ€Ž (ΞΈriβ€Ž)
25fourπ¬—π¬€π¬šπ¬‘π¬€π¬­β€Ž (caΞΈΞ²arβ€Ž)
26fiveπ¬žπ¬€π¬§π¬—π¬€β€Ž (paαΉ‡caβ€Ž)
27big𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬀 (maza)
28longπ¬›π¬€π¬­π¬†π¬”π¬€β€Ž (darΙ™gaβ€Ž)
29wideπ¬žπ¬†π¬­π¬†π¬šπ¬Ž (pΙ™rΙ™ΞΈu)
30thick
31heavy
32small
33short
34narrow
35thin
36woman
37man (adult male)
38man (human being)
39child
40wife
41husband
42mother
43father
44animal
45fish
46birdπ¬¬π¬€π¬Œπ¬Œ (vaii), 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mΙ™rΙ™Ξ³a)
47dogπ¬―π¬žπ¬€π¬₯ (span)
48louse
49snake
50worm
51tree
52forest
53stick
54fruit
55seed
56leaf
57root
58bark (of a tree)
59flower
60grass
61rope
62skin
63meat
64blood𐬬𐬊𐬡𐬎π¬₯𐬍 (vohunΔ«)
65bone𐬀𐬯𐬙 (ast)
66fat (noun)
67egg𐬀𐬉𐬨 (aΔ“m)
68horn
69tail
70feather
71hair
72head
73earπ¬”π¬€π¬Šπ¬±π¬€ (gaoΕ‘a), 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬆π¬₯𐬀 (karΙ™na)
74eyeπ¬€π¬±π¬Œ (aΕ‘i) (dual), 𐬗𐬀𐬱𐬨𐬀π¬₯β€Ž (caΕ‘manβ€Ž), π¬›π¬‹π¬Œπ¬šπ¬­π¬€ (dōiΞΈra)
75nose
76mouth
77tooth
78tongue (organ)
79fingernail
80foot
81leg
82knee
83hand
84wing
85bellyπ¬Žπ¬›π¬€π¬­π¬€ (udara), 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬏 (marΕ‘Ε«), 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬁π¬₯𐬀 (mΙ™rΙ™zāna)
86guts
87neck
88backπ¬žπ¬€π¬­π¬±π¬™π¬€β€Ž (parΕ‘taβ€Ž)
89breast𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬡 (varah), π¬Ÿπ¬±π¬™π¬π¬₯𐬀 (fΕ‘tāna) (of women)
90heart
91liver
92to drinkπ¬“π¬€π¬­π¬€π¬Œπ¬™π¬Œ (xα΅›araiti)
93to eat
94to bite
95to suck
96to spit
97to vomit
98to blowπ¬¬π¬π¬Œπ¬™π¬Œ (vāiti)
99to breathe
100to laugh
101to see
102to hear
103to know
104to think
105to smell
106to fear
107to sleep
108to live
109to dieπ¬Œπ¬­π¬Œπ¬šπ¬Œπ¬Œπ¬ˆπ¬Œπ¬™π¬Œ (iriΞΈiieiti), π¬¨π¬Œπ¬­π¬Œπ¬Œπ¬ˆπ¬Œπ¬™π¬ˆ (miriieite)
110to kill
111to fight
112to hunt
113to hit
114to cut𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆π¬₯π¬™π¬€π¬Œπ¬™π¬Œ (kΙ™rΙ™ntaiti)
115to split
116to stab
117to scratch
118to dig𐬐𐬀π¬₯- (kan-), π¬Žπ¬―π¬π¬†π¬§π¬™π¬Œ (uskΙ™αΉ‡ti) (to dig out)
119to swim
120to fly
121to walk
122to come
123to lie (as in a bed)
124to sit
125to stand
126to turn (intransitive)
127to fall
128to give
129to hold
130to squeeze
131to rub
132to wash
133to wipe
134to pull
135to push
136to throw
137to tie
138to sew
139to count
140to say
141to sing
142to play
143to float
144to flow
145to freeze
146to swell
147sun
148moon
149star
150water
151rain
152river
153lake
154sea
155salt
156stone
157sand
158dustπ¬žπ¬„π¬―π¬₯π¬Žβ€Ž (pΔ…snuβ€Ž)
159earthπ¬°π¬€π¬¨β€Ž (zamβ€Ž), 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌 (bΕ«mi)
160cloud𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀 (maΔ“Ξ³a), 𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (aΞ²ra), 𐬯π¬₯π¬€π¬Šπ¬œπ¬€ (snaoΞ΄a), π¬›π¬Žπ¬₯𐬨𐬀π¬₯ (dunman)
161fog
162sky
163wind
164snow
165ice
166smoke
167fire
168ashπ¬π¬™π¬­π¬Œπ¬Œπ¬€ (ātriia) (Young)
169to burnπ¬›π¬€π¬²π¬Œπ¬Œπ¬ˆπ¬™π¬ˆ (daΕΎiiete) (intransitive)
170road
171mountain
172red
173green
174yellow
175white
176black𐬯𐬁𐬨𐬀 (sāma), π¬―π¬Œπ¬π¬Žπ¬Žπ¬€ (siāuua)
177night
178dayπ¬€π¬Œπ¬Œπ¬€π¬­ (aiiar)
179year
180warm
181cold𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (sarΙ™ta), π¬€π¬Šπ¬™π¬€ (aota)
182full
183new
184old
185good
186bad𐬀𐬐𐬀 (aka), 𐬀𐬖𐬀 (aΞ³a)
187rotten
188dirty𐬁𐬡𐬍𐬙𐬀 (āhΔ«ta)
189straight
190round
191sharp (as a knife)
192dull (as a knife)
193smooth
194wet
195dryπ¬΅π¬Žπ¬±π¬π¬€ (huΕ‘ka)
196correct
197near
198far
199right
200left
201at
202in
203with
204and𐬗𐬀 (ca), 𐬗𐬁 (cā)
205if
206because𐬰𐬍 (zī)
207name
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