𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙

Avestan

Etymology

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

𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 • (a^uruuaṇt) m

1. 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 a^uruuatō jaiiāiš pər^əθūš 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).

Adjective

𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 • (a^uruuaṇt)

1. swift, fast, fleet