Etymology

Bundahishn

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Today it means: An encyclopaedic collection of Zoroastrian cosmogony and cosmology; especially, the longer of the two recessions of the work. Full definition →

Avestan 𐬠𐬎𐬥𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬥𐬍𐬵
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  1. Avestan · borrowed from𐬠𐬎𐬥𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬥𐬍𐬵
  2. English todayBundahishn

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬠𐬎𐬥𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬥𐬍𐬵 (bundahišnīh, literally “primal creation”), being a word from the first sentence of the younger (and longer) of the two recensions of the work.

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