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Since English and Avestan are related, you already know a fair number of words! Here are some Avestan words that are identical or similar to their English equivalent:
| Avesta | English |
|---|---|
| ad | eat |
| ameretat | immortality |
| arema | the arm |
| ashtan | eight (mn octagon) |
| asti, asta | a bone (L. Os -> mn osteopath, osteoporesis, etc.) |
| avang | avail (help) |
| âvish | obvious |
| bar | to bear |
| baresman (Pahlavi: barsom) | besom |
| bish | twice (bis) |
| daeva | devil |
| dar | to tear |
| dishti | finger (mn digit, dexterous) |
| dughdhar | daughter |
| erezata | silver (mn argent, argentum) |
| frasha | fresh |
| gao | cow |
| gapa | gape |
| gaya | life ("Gaya") |
| he | he |
| isi | ice |
| jaini | Genie, Jinni (evil female spirit) |
| kahrpu | crab |
| kakahyu | Caucasus (mountain) |
| kam | love (mn Kama Sutra) |
| karana | corner, end (akarana = without end) |
| karapan | garbled |
| kerefsh, kehrpa | carrion, corpse |
| mah | moon, month |
| mananho, mano | mind |
| mar | to die (mn mortal) |
| marench | to kill (mn mortal) |
| mãthra | mantra |
| me (Acc of azem) | me |
| nabâ | navel |
| naeda | neither |
| nãma | name |
| nava | new (mn nova) |
| navaya | navigable |
| naxturu | nocturnal |
| nazda | next, (nigh, near) |
| nmâna | house (mn mansion) |
| nôit | not |
| nû | now |
| padha | foot (mn pedestrian, biped, pedal) |
| pairika | fairy |
| panchan | five (mn pentagon) |
| paoirya | prior |
| para | before (mn paramedic) |
| pasu | domestic animal (mn pastoral) |
| pathan | path |
| pouru | first |
| rae | rich |
| span | dog (mn spaniel) |
| star | star |
| tarshna | thirst |
| tat | that |
| tauru | torture, torment |
| thri | three |
| thwa | thee |
| udra | otter |
| upairi | over, super |
| upara | upper |
| uta | and (mn et cetera) |
| vach | voice, word |
| vahisht | best |
| van | to win |
| vaxsh | to wax, to grow (as the moon) |
| viryãm | men (mn virile) |
| yare | year |
| yavan | young |
| yuzhem | you (pl) |
| zhnâ | know, gnostic |
| zhnu | knee |
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