ʾslwn'

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *átʰarwā. Ultimate origin is uncertain; possibly from the BMAC substrate. Compare Avestan 𐬁𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (āθrauuan), Sanskrit अथर्वन् (atharvan).

Noun

ʾslwn' • (āsrōn)

1. (religion) a member of the priestly class

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• “ĀSRŌN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 1987