𐬀𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬁
Avestico
indoeuropeo (Iranica, Old, orientale) · varietà storica / nascosta
L’avestico è la lingua dell’Avesta, testo sacro dello zoroastrismo. Si divide in avestico antico (le Gatha attribuite a Zarathustra, ca. 1500–1000 a.C.) e avestico recente (ca. 700–300 a.C.). L’alfabeto avestico fu creato in età sasanide per registrare per iscritto la liturgia di tradizione orale.
Dove si parla
31 parole essenziali in Avestico
Acqua
𐬁𐬞
/aːp/
Fuoco
𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭
/aːtar/
Sole
𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆
/huwarə/
Luna
𐬨𐬁𐬵
/maːh/
Stella
𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭
/star/
Madre
𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭
/maːtar/
Padre
𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭
/pitar/
Io
𐬀𐬰𐬆𐬨
/azəm/
Tu
𐬙𐬏𐬨
/tuːm/
Nome
𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥
/naːman/
Occhio
𐬗𐬀𐬱𐬨𐬀𐬥
/tʃaʃman/
Mano
𐬰𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀
/zasta/
Cuore
𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛
/zərəd/
Amore
𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀
/frija/
Albero
𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀
/waesa/
Casa
𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀
/nmaːna/
Cane
𐬯𐬞𐬁
/spaː/
Gatto
—
/—/
Mangiare
𐬑𐬬𐬀𐬭
/xwar/
Bere
𐬞𐬁
/paː/
Uno
𐬀𐬉𐬬𐬀
/aewa/
Due
𐬛𐬬𐬀
/dva/
Ciao
—
/—/
Grazie
—
/—/
Buono
𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎
/vohu/
Fonti
- Hoffmann & Forssman (1996) Avestische Laut- und Flexionslehre
- Beekes (1988) A Grammar of Gatha-Avestan
- Glottolog: aves1237
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| Significato | Avestico | Persiano antico | Scita | Sogdiano | Partico | Khotanese | Medio-persiano (pahlavi) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acqua | 𐬁𐬞 /aːp/ | 𐎠𐎱 /aːpi/ | ap /ap/ | ʾāp /aːp/ | āb /aːb/ | 𑀊𑀤𑀸 /uːdaː/ | 𐭠𐭯 /aːb/ |
| Fuoco | 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 /aːtar/ | 𐎠𐎫𐎼 /aːtar/ | ātar /aːtar/ | ʾātar /aːtar/ | ādar /aːdar/ | 𑀆𑀢𑀭 /aːtar/ | 𐭠𐭲𐭱 /aːtaʃ/ |
| Sole | 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 /huwarə/ | 𐏃𐎢𐎺𐎼 /huwar/ | hvar /xʷar/ | xwr /xwar/ | xwar /xwar/ | 𑀉𑀭𑁆𑀫 /urma/ | 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲 /xwarʃeːd/ |
| Luna | 𐬨𐬁𐬵 /maːh/ | 𐎶𐎠𐏃 /maːha/ | māh /maːh/ | mʾx /maːx/ | māh /maːh/ | 𑀫𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀢 /maːsta/ | 𐭬𐭠𐭧 /maːh/ |
| Stella | 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 /star/ | 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎼 /staːra/ | star /staːr/ | stāre /staːre/ | astārag /asˈtaːraɡ/ | 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀭 /staːra/ | 𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫𐭪 /staːrag/ |
| Madre | 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 /maːtar/ | 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎼 /maːtar/ | mātar /maːtar/ | mʾtr /maːtar/ | mād /maːd/ | 𑀫𑀸𑀢 /maːta/ | 𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭫 /maːdar/ |
| Padre | 𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀𐬭 /pitar/ | 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 /pitaː/ | pitar /pitar/ | ptr /pitar/ | pid /pid/ | 𑀧𑀺𑀢 /pita/ | 𐭯𐭩𐭲𐭫 /pidar/ |
| Io | 𐬀𐬰𐬆𐬨 /azəm/ | 𐎠𐎭𐎶 /adam/ | azu /azu/ | azu /azu/ | az /az/ | aä /aːə/ | 𐭠𐭭 /an/ |
| Tu | 𐬙𐬏𐬨 /tuːm/ | 𐎬𐎢𐎺𐎶 /tuvam/ | tu /tuː/ | tγu /tɣu/ | tu /tuː/ | 𑀢𑀽 /tuː/ | 𐭲𐭥 /toː/ |
| Nome | 𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 /naːman/ | 𐎴𐎠𐎶 /naːma/ | nama /naːma/ | nām /naːm/ | nām /naːm/ | 𑀦𑀸𑀫 /naːma/ | 𐭭𐭠𐭬 /naːm/ |
| Occhio | 𐬗𐬀𐬱𐬨𐬀𐬥 /tʃaʃman/ | 𐏂𐏁𐎶𐎴 /tʃaʃman/ | čašm /tʃaʃm/ | cšm /tʃaʃm/ | čašm /tʃaʃm/ | 𑀘𑁂𑀰𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 /tʃʰeʃman/ | 𐭰𐭱𐭬 /tʃaʃm/ |
| Mano | 𐬰𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀 /zasta/ | 𐎭𐎿𐎫 /dasta/ | zasta /zasta/ | dst /dast/ | dast /dast/ | 𑀤𑀲𑁆𑀢 /dasta/ | 𐭣𐭮𐭲 /dast/ |
| Cuore | 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 /zərəd/ | 𐏀𐎼𐎭 /zard/ | zard- /zard/ | δrzy /ðərʒeː/ | zyrd /zird/ | 𑀬𑀲𑀭 (ysära) /zəra/ | 𐭣𐭩𐭫 /dil/ |
| Amore | 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 /frija/ | 𐎳𐎼𐎡𐎹 /frija/ | — /—/ | frytk /friːtak/ | friyādan /frijaːdan/ | 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀭𑀽 /arːuː/ | 𐭲𐭥𐭱𐭩 /doːʃiː/ |
| Albero | 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀 /waesa/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | drxt /draxt/ | dār /daːr/ | 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀼 /drːu/ | 𐭣𐭫𐭧𐭲 /draxt/ |
| Casa | 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 /nmaːna/ | 𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎡𐎹 /maːnija/ | — /—/ | kṯʾk /kaθaːk/ | xānag /xaːnaɡ/ | 𑀩𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀳 /bjaːha/ | 𐭧𐭠𐭭𐭪 /xaːnaɡ/ |
| Cane | 𐬯𐬞𐬁 /spaː/ | 𐎿𐎱𐎣 /spaka/ | spaka /spaka/ | ʾkw /aːkuː/ | spag /spaɡ/ | 𑀰𑀼 /ʂu/ | 𐭮𐭢 /saɡ/ |
| Gatto | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | 𑀰𑁆𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀅𑀼 /ʂʂarau/ | 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭡𐭢 /ɡurbaɡ/ |
| Mangiare | 𐬑𐬬𐬀𐬭 /xwar/ | 𐎧𐎼 /xar/ | xwartan /xʷartan/ | xwartan /xwartan/ | xward- /xward/ | 𑀧𑀭𑀢 /parætæ/ | 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭲𐭭 /xwardan/ |
| Bere | 𐬞𐬁 /paː/ | 𐎱𐎠 /paː/ | — /—/ | pi- /pi/ | pī- /piː/ | 𑀧𑀻𑀅 /piːa/ | 𐭭𐭥𐭱𐭩𐭲𐭭 /noːʃiːdan/ |
| Uno | 𐬀𐬉𐬬𐬀 /aewa/ | 𐎠𐎡𐎺 /aiwa/ | aiwa /aiwa/ | yw /jɛw/ | ēw /eːw/ | 𑀰𑁆𑀰𑀅𑀼 /ɕːau/ | 𐭠𐭩𐭪 /eːk/ |
| Due | 𐬛𐬬𐬀 /dva/ | 𐎯𐎢𐎺 /duva/ | duva /duva/ | aδwa /aðwa/ | dō /doː/ | 𑀤𑀼𑀯 /duva/ | 𐭣𐭥 /doː/ |
| Ciao | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | drwd /druːd/ | drōd /droːd/ | 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀽𑀤𑀻 /drːuːdiː/ | 𐭣𐭫𐭥𐭲 /droːd/ |
| Grazie | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | spās /spaːs/ | 𑀧𑁆𑀬𑀰𑁆𑀢 /pjaʃta/ | 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭮 /spaːs/ |
| Buono | 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎 /vohu/ | 𐎴𐎡𐎲 /naiba/ | vohu /wohu/ | nyk /neːk/ | nēw /neːw/ | 𑀯𑀺𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢 /viratːa/ | 𐭥𐭩𐭧 /weh/ |
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