𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *mánθram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántram, from Proto-Indo-European *mén-tro-m, from *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Sanskrit मन्त्र (mántra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mãθra/

Noun

𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 • (mąθra) m

  1. mantra

References
  • Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1900) “𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀”, in A Complete Dictionary of the Avesta Language‎, Bombay: Education society's steam press, page 411
  • Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎, Brill, →ISBN, page 128
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