𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙
Avestan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárwants (“fast, quick; a racehorse, courser”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ér-went-s, from *h₃er- (“to move (swiftly), to spring”). Cognate with Sanskrit अर्वन्त् (árvant, “quick, fast; a courser, fast horse”), Middle Persian [script needed] ('lwnd /arwand/, “quick”).
Noun
[edit]𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 • (auruuaṇt) m
- a courser, a fast horse, a racehorse
- c. 1500 BCE – 500 BCE, Yasna 50.7:
- 𐬀𐬝 𐬬𐬇 𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬁 𐬰𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬇𐬧𐬔 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬋 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌𐬱 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬏𐬱 𐬬𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 𐬫𐬏𐬴𐬨𐬁𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 𐬀𐬴𐬁 𐬎𐬔𐬭𐬇𐬧𐬔 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬏 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬁
- at̰ və̄ yaojā zəuuīštiiə̄ṇg auruuatō jaiiāiš pərəθūš vamahiiā yūṣ̌mākahiiā mazdā aṣ̌ā ugrə̄ṇg vohū manaŋhā
- Thus, I shall harness for you the fleetest coursers— broad(-chested) by the victories of (my) hymn to you, O Mazdā, strong by the Order (of my ritual), by (my) good thought, by which you shall take away (your winnings).
- 𐬀𐬝 𐬬𐬇 𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬁 𐬰𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬇𐬧𐬔 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬋 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌𐬱 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬏𐬱 𐬬𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 𐬫𐬏𐬴𐬨𐬁𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 𐬀𐬴𐬁 𐬎𐬔𐬭𐬇𐬧𐬔 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬏 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬁
Adjective
[edit]𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 • (auruuaṇt)