Jawoːi wiːspaːi druːdʒoː dəmaːnaːi astajoːĭuring their regimes, the Karpans and the Kavis yoked (us) with evil actions in order to destroy the world and mankind. Never shall the false Teacher destroy the Second Life, the Liar, in perversion by his tongue into evil belief. Now observe this in your mind, all of you, for he is revealed. I will speak forth: hear now and hearken now, ye from near and ye from far that desire (instruction).
Avestan is also written with the Devanagari alphabet.ĭownload alphabet charts for Avestan (Excel format)Įxtract from Yasna 45.I ( provided by Ian James TransliterationĪt fravaxshyâ nû gûshôdûm nû sraotâ ýaêcâ asnât ýaêcâ dûrât ishathâ nû îm vîspâ cithrê zî mazdånghô-dûm nôit daibitîm dush-sastish ahûm merãshyât akâ varanâ dregvå hizvå âveretô.
Used to write: Avestan, an extinct Eastern Iranian language related to Old Persian and Sanskrit, which was used as a sacred language of Zoroastrian worship long after it ceased to be used as an everyday spoken language.Writing direction: right to left in horizontal lines.The Parsi or Zoroastrian community in India uses the Devanagari or Gujarati alphabets for Avestan. The Avestan alphabet was replaced by the ArabicĪlphabet after Persia converted to Islam during the 7th century AD. Greek influence, in the form of the full representation of vowel sounds, is also present. Many of the letters are derived from the old Pahlavi alphabet of Persia, which itself was derived from the Aramaic alphabet. The Avestan alphabet was created in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD for writing the hymns of Zarathustra (a.k.a Zoroaster), the Avesta.
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