𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr. Cognate with Persian دل (del), Sanskrit हृदय (hṛ́daya), and English heart.

Noun

𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 • (zərəd) n

  1. heart

References

Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1), Brill, →ISBN, page 47

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