𐬀𐬌𐬡𐬌𐬙𐬋

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Habʰítas, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Sanskrit अभितस् (abhitas).

Adverb

𐬀𐬌𐬡𐬌𐬙𐬋 • (aⁱβitō)

1. around, about, all around
   • Yašt 12.25:

     𐬫𐬀𐬝𐬗𐬌𐬝 𐬀𐬵𐬌 𐬭𐬀𐬴𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬋 𐬀𐬴𐬁𐬎𐬨 𐬎𐬞𐬀 𐬙𐬀𐬉𐬭𐬆𐬨 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬃 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬋 𐬫𐬀𐬝 𐬨𐬉 𐬀𐬌𐬡𐬌𐬙𐬋 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬯𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬌 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀 𐬨𐬃𐬯𐬗𐬀 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬗𐬀 𐬰𐬠𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬌 𐬟𐬭𐬍𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬌 𐬭𐬀𐬴𐬥𐬏𐬨 𐬫𐬌𐬨 𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬆𐬨

     yat̰cit̰ ahi raṣ̌nuuō aṣ̌āum upa taērəm haraⁱθiiā̊ bar^əzō yat̰ mē aⁱβitō uruuisəṇti starasca mā̊sca huuar^əca zbaiiamahi frīnāmahi raṣ̌nūm yim amauuaṇtəm

     Whether thou, O holy Rashnu, art upon the Taêra of the height Haraiti, around which the stars, the moon, and the sun revolve, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong.

References

• Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Around”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎^[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 29