𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From the verbal root 𐬫𐬀𐬰 (yaz, “to worship, honor, venerate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to worship, revere, sacrifice”). The nominative form is 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬋 (yazatō), pl. 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬋 (yazatåŋhō), reflecting Proto-Iranian *yazatah and pl. *yazatāhah.

Compare Sanskrit यजत (yajata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jazata/

Noun

𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 • (yazata) m

1. (Zoroastrianism) yazata, something worthy of veneration.

Related terms

• 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna, “worship, sacrifice, veneration”)

Descendants

• → English: yazata
• → Gujarati: યઝત (yajhat)
• → Old Persian: *𐎹𐏀𐎫 (*y-z-t, “yazata, god”)
  • Middle Persian: yẕdt' (/⁠yazad⁠/, “Yazata; god, divinity”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫏𐫉𐫅 (yzd)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (yz̠dt')

    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭩𐭦𐭲𐭩 (yzty)

    Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮈𐮆𐮃𐮑𐮈 (yzdty)

    Pazend script: 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬛 (yazd)

    • Classical Persian: یزد (yazd, “angel”), ایزد (ēzad, “God”), یزدان (yazdān, “God”)

      Dari: ایزد (ēzad)

      Iranian Persian: ایزد (īzad)

      Tajik: эзид (ezid)

    • → Gujarati: યજદ (yajad)
    • → Sogdian: 𐫏𐫉𐫅𐫀𐫗 (yzdʾn, “gods”)