𐬰𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From an extension of Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́áwHištʰas (“fastest”), from the root *ȷ́awH-. Compare Sanskrit जविष्ठ (jáviṣṭha, “fastest, fleetest”).

Adjective

𐬰𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 • (zəuuīštiia)

  1. quickest, fleetest, fastest
    • c. 1500 BCE – 500 BCE, Yasna 50.7:
      𐬀𐬝 𐬬𐬇 𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬁 𐬰𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬇𐬧𐬔 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬋 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌𐬱 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬏𐬱 𐬬𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 𐬫𐬏𐬴𐬨𐬁𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 𐬀𐬴𐬁 𐬎𐬔𐬭𐬇𐬧𐬔 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬏 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬁
      at̰ və̄ yaojā zəuuīštiiə̄ṇg auruuatō jaiiāiš pərəθūš vamahiiā yūṣ̌mākahiiā mazdā aṣ̌ā ugrə̄ṇg vohū manaŋhā
      Thus, I shall harness for you the fleetest coursers— broad(-chested) by the victories of (my) hymn to you, O Mazdā, strong by the Order (of my ritual), by (my) good thought, by which you shall take away (your winnings).
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