𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáštraH (“whip”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵ-tro-m (“instrument of propelling”), from *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Cognate with Sanskrit अष्ट्रा (aṣṭrā).

Noun

𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 • (aštrā) f

1. a whip

References

• Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Whip”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎^[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 554