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Avesta

UK/əˈvɛstə/ uncommon dated

noun

1.

a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries

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From Iranian Persian اوستا (avestâ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾp(y)stʾk' /⁠abestāg⁠/), of uncertain meaning.

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