𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHćištʰas (“fastest, swiftest, quickest”), from Proto-Indo-European *HóHḱ-isth₂-o-s (“fastest, swiftest, quickest”), superlative of *HéHḱus (“fast, swift”). Cognate with Sanskrit आशिष्ठ (ā́śiṣṭha, “swistest”), Ancient Greek ὤκιστος (ṓkistos).

Adjective

𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 • (asišta)[1][2]

  1. (Old Avestan) swiftest, fastest, quickest
    • c. 1500 BCE – 500 BCE, Yasna 34.04:
      𐬀𐬝 𐬙𐬋𐬌 𐬁𐬙𐬭𐬇𐬨 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬁 𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬋𐬢𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬆𐬨 𐬀𐬴𐬁 𐬎𐬯𐬇𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬍 𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬍𐬨 𐬇𐬨𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬆𐬨 𐬯𐬙𐬋𐬌 𐬭𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬉 𐬗𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬁 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬆𐬨 𐬀𐬝 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬴𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬉 𐬰𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬁𐬌𐬱 𐬛𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬙𐬁 𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬆𐬨
      at̰ tōi ātrə̄m ahurā aojōŋhuuaṇtəm aṣ̌ā usə̄mahī asištīm ə̄mauuaṇtəm stōi rapaṇtē ciθrā auuaŋhəm at̰ mazdā daibiṣ̌iiaṇtē zastāištāiš dərəštā aēnaŋhəm
      And we pray likewise for Thy Fire, O Ahura! strong through Righteousness (as it is), most swift, (most) powerful, to the house with joy receiving it, in many wonderful ways our help, but to the hater, O Mazda! it is a steadfast harm as if with weapons hurled from the hands.

References

  1. ^ Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Swift”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 501
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “āśú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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