𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *úštrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras. Cognate with Sanskrit उष्ट्र (úṣṭra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uʃtra/

Noun

𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 • (uštra) m

1. camel

Declension

Declension of 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (YAv, masculine a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋 (uštrō)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (uštra)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (uštra)
vocative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (uštra)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (uštra)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (uštra)
accusative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬨 (uštrəm)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (uštra)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬄 (uštrą)
instrumental	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (uštra)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 (uštraēibiia)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌𐬱 (uštrāiš)
dative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌 (uštrāi)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 (uštraēibiia)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (uštraēibiiō)
ablative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬝 (uštrāt̰)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 (uštraēibiia)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (uštraēibiiō)
genitive	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬵𐬈 (uštrahe)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬃 (uštraiiā̊)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨 (uštranąm)
locative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬈 (uštre)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬋 (uštraiiō)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬎 (uštraēšu)

Declension of 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (OAv, masculine a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋 (uštrō)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 (uštrā)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 (uštrā)
vocative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 (uštrā)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 (uštrā)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 (uštrā)
accusative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬨 (uštrəm)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 (uštrā)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬇𐬧𐬔 (uštrə̄ṇg)
instrumental	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 (uštrā)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 (uštrōibiiā)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌𐬱 (uštrāiš)
dative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌 (uštrāi)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 (uštrōibiiā)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (uštraēibiiō)
ablative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬝 (uštrāt̰)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 (uštrōibiiā)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (uštraēibiiō)
genitive	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 (uštrahiiā)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬃 (uštraiiā̊)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨 (uštranąm)
locative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬉 (uštrē)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬋 (uštraiiō)	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬏 (uštraēšū)

Derived terms

• 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra, “Zarathustra”)

Descendants

• → Old Persian: 𐎢𐏁𐎰𐎼 (ušθra)

References

• Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎^[1], Brill, →ISBN