𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬉

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́āmadʰay (1st person plural middle indicative of *Hyáȷ́- (“to worship”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to worship”). Cognate with Sanskrit यजामहे (yajāmahe, 1st person plural middle indicative of यज् (yaj)).

Verb

𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬉 • (yazamaidē)

  1. first-person plural middle indicative of 𐬫𐬀𐬰 (yaz, “to worship”); we worship, we revere
    • c. 1500 BCE – 500 BCE, Yasna 5.3:
      𐬌𐬚𐬁 𐬁𐬝 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬉 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬆𐬨 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬄𐬨 𐬫𐬇 𐬔𐬄𐬨𐬗𐬁 𐬀𐬴𐬆𐬨𐬗𐬁 𐬛𐬁𐬝 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬁 𐬛𐬁𐬝 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬃𐬯𐬗𐬁 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬎𐬵𐬍𐬱 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬃𐬯𐬗𐬁 𐬛𐬁𐬝 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬍𐬨𐬗𐬁 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬗𐬁 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬏 𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁
      iθā āt̰ yazamaidē ahurəm mazdąm yə̄ gąmcā aṣ̌əmcā dāt̰ apascā dāt̰ uruuarā̊scā vaŋuhīš raocā̊scā dāt̰ būmīmcā vīspācā vohū ahiiā
      Thus therefore do we worship Ahura Mazda, who made the cows, and the (embodied) Righteousness, and the waters, and the wholesome plants, the stars, and the earth, and all (existing) objects that are good
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