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ʾwswplyt'

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Middle Persian

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Alternative forms

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  • [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwstwplyt)

Etymology

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From earlier [Book Pahlavi needed] (*ʾwytplyt), ecclesiastical borrowing from Zoroastrian Avestan *𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬋𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬙𐬌 (*uštōfriti) (compare Avestan 𐬎𐬯𐬆𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬙𐬌 (usəfriti, “offered, oblated”)), from 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬀 (ušta), perfective participle of 𐬬𐬀𐬯 (vas, “to want, wish”) + 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬙𐬌 (friti, “prayer”).[1]

Noun

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ʾwswplyt' • (*us(t)ōfrit)

  1. (Book Pahlavi, Zoroastrian) votive service, offering, oblation

References

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  1. ^ Buyaner, David (2014) “On a Pahlavi Metonymic Figure and its Indo-European Roots”, in Estudios Iranios y Turanios‎[1], volume 1, page 8
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