Avestan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *Hugráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hugrás (strong), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ug-ró-s (strong), from *h₂ewg-. Cognate with Sanskrit उग्र (ugrá, strong).

Adjective edit

𐬎𐬔𐬭𐬀 (ugra)[1][2]

  1. (Old Avestan) strong, mighty, powerful
    • c. 1500 BCE – 500 BCE, Yasna 50.7:
      𐬀𐬝 𐬬𐬇 𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬁 𐬰𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬇𐬧𐬔 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬋 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌𐬱 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬏𐬱 𐬬𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 𐬫𐬏𐬴𐬨𐬁𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 𐬀𐬴𐬁 𐬎𐬔𐬭𐬇𐬧𐬔 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬏 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬁
      at̰ və̄ yaojā zəuuīštiiə̄ṇg auruuatō jaiiāiš pərəθūš vamahiiā yūṣ̌mākahiiā mazdā aṣ̌ā ugrə̄ṇg vohū manaŋhā
      Thus, I shall harness for you the fleetest coursers— broad(-chested) by the victories of (my) hymn to you, O Mazdā, strong by the Order (of my ritual), by (my) good thought, by which you shall take away (your winnings).

References edit

  1. ^ Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2006) An Introduction to Old Avestan, page 85
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ugrá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University