Avesta

== English == === Etymology === From Iranian Persian اوستا (avestâ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾp(y)stʾk' /⁠abestāg⁠/), of uncertain meaning. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈvɛstə/ Rhymes: -ɛstə === Proper noun === the Avesta (Zoroastrianism) The primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Avesta (not comparable) (dated) Avestan language. === See also === Zend-Avesta === Anagrams === savate == Swedish == === Etymology === Originally known as Åvsta. Compound of ave (“widening of a river”) + stad (“town”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Avesta n (genitive Avestas) a town and municipality of Dalecarlia County, in central Sweden