𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *úštrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras. Cognate with Sanskrit उष्ट्र (úṣṭra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uʃtra/

Noun

𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 • (uštra) m

1. camel

Declension

Declension of 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (YAv, masculine a-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋 uštrō	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra
Vocative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra
Accusative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬨 uštrəm	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬄 uštrą
Instrumental	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 uštra	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 uštraēibiia	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌𐬱 uštrāiš
Dative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌 uštrāi	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 uštraēibiia	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 uštraēibiiō
Ablative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬝 uštrāt̰	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 uštraēibiia	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 uštraēibiiō
Genitive	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬵𐬈 uštrahe	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬃 uštraiiā̊	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨 uštranąm
Locative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬈 uštre	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬋 uštraiiō	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬎 uštraēšu

Declension of 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (OAv, masculine a-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋 uštrō	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 uštrā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 uštrā
Vocative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 uštrā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 uštrā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 uštrā
Accusative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬨 uštrəm	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 uštrā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬇𐬧𐬔 uštrə̄ṇg
Instrumental	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁 uštrā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 uštrōibiiā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌𐬱 uštrāiš
Dative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬌 uštrāi	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 uštrōibiiā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 uštraēibiiō
Ablative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁𐬝 uštrāt̰	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 uštrōibiiā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 uštraēibiiō
Genitive	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 uštrahiiā	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬃 uštraiiā̊	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨 uštranąm
Locative	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬉 uštrē	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬋 uštraiiō	𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬏 uštraēšū

Derived terms

• 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra, “Zarathustra”)

Descendants

• → Old Persian: 𐎢𐏁𐎰𐎼 (ušθra)

References

• Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎^[1], Brill, →ISBN