Avestan

Noun

𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 • ‎(mazdaiiasna) m

1. Mazda-worshipper, Mazdean
   • Yasna 12:1

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

     frauuarānē mazdaiiasnō zaraθuštriš vīdaēuuō ahura-t̰kaēṣ̌ō staotā aməṣ̌aną̇̇m spəṇtaną̇̇m ẏaštā aməṣ̌aną̇̇m spəṇtaną̇̇m.

     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

• → Middle Persian:

  Book Pahlavi: mʾz̲d(y)s̲n̲' ‎(māzdēsn)

  Inscriptional: 𐭬𐭦𐭣𐭩𐭮𐭭 ‎(mzdysn /*mazdēsn/)

  Manichaean: mʾzdys ‎(māzdēs)

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

  • → Ancient Greek: Μασδαασνης ‎(Masdaasnēs), Μασδαασνου ‎(Masdaasnou, genitive), Μασδασνου ‎(Masdasnou, genitive)
  • → Sanskrit: मज्दईअस्नि ‎(majdaīasni) (in the translation of Menog-i Khrad)

Taking Avestan as representative also for all Old Iranian:

• Parthian:

  Inscriptional: 𐭌𐭆𐭃𐭉𐭆𐭍 ‎(mzdyzn /*mazdēzn/)

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

  Manichaean: mztʾyzn ‎(mazdezn)

• → Aramaic: 𐡌𐡆𐡃𐡉𐡆𐡍 ‎(Mzdyzn, “a given name”) (from Western Old Iranian)
• → Akkadian: [script needed] ‎(Ma-az-da-iz-na, “a given name”) (from Western Old Iranian)
• → Elamite: [script needed] ‎(Maš-da-ya-áš-na), [script needed] ‎(Maš-da-ya-iš-na), [script needed] ‎(Maš-te-áš-na, “a given name”) (from Eastern Old Iranian)

References

• Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary] (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) (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) (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
• Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 122–123