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Avestan
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰantŕ̥ (“striker, slayer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰén-tōr ~ *gʷʰn̥-tr-és (“striker, slayer”), from *gʷʰen- (“to slay, strike”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎩𐎫𐎼 (j-t-r /jaⁿtar/, “smiter, crusher”) and Sanskrit हन्तर् (hantar, “striker, killer”).
Noun
𐬘𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬀𐬭 • (jaṇtar) m[1][2][3]
- a smiter, a striker
Yašt 13.24:
- 𐬙𐬀𐬑𐬨𐬆𐬨 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬁𐬭𐬆𐬨 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬌 𐬁𐬯𐬎 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬨 𐬛𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌 𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬆𐬨
𐬬𐬌𐬙𐬁𐬭𐬆𐬨 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬁𐬝 𐬵𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬆𐬨 𐬘𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬁𐬭𐬆𐬨 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬋 𐬛𐬎𐬱𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎𐬨- taxməm staotārəm vazəṇti āsu aspəm dərəzi raθəm
vitārəm paskāt̰ hamərəθəm jaṇtārəm parō dušmaniium - They carry the firm praiser with fast horses, with a solid chariot, the pursuer from behind the opponent, the striker from in front of the enemy
References
- ^ Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Smiter”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary, Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 471
- ^ Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2003) An Introduction to Young Avestan, page 5
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “han-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University