Avestan alphabet
Alphabet used mainly to write Avestan, the language of the Zoroastrian scripture Avesta / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Avestan alphabet (Middle Persian: transliteration: dyn' dpywryh, transcription: dēn dēbīrē, Persian: دین دبیره, romanized: din dabire) is a writing system developed during Iran's Sasanian era (226–651 CE) to render the Avestan language.
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Avestan | |
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Script type | |
Time period | 400–1000 CE |
Direction | Right-to-left script |
Languages | Avestan language, Middle Persian |
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ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Avst (134), Avestan |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Avestan |
U+10B00–U+10B3F | |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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As a side effect of its development, the script was also used for Pazend, a method of writing Middle Persian that was used primarily for Zend commentaries on the texts of the Avesta. In the texts of Zoroastrian tradition, the alphabet is referred to as "the religion's script" (dēn dibīrih in Middle Persian and din dabireh in New Persian).