๐ƒ๐Žข๐Žถ๐Žบ๐Žผ๐Žฅ

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Old Persian

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Etymology

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Literally "laying Haoma-plants around (the sacred fire)",[1][2] compound of Old Iranian *hauma- (โ€œHaomaโ€) + *varga- (โ€œto lay (around)โ€).

Adjective

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๐ƒ๐Žข๐Žถ๐Žบ๐Žผ๐Žฅ (h-u-m-v-r-g /haumavarga-/)

  1. Who lays Haoma-plants around (the fire) (person)

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References

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  1. โ†‘ 1.0 1.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550โ€“330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, โ†’ISBN
  2. โ†‘ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "HAUMAVARGฤ€" in Encyclopรฆdia Iranica, December 15, 2003