𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *mánθrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántras, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Sanskrit मन्त्र (mántra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mãθra/

Noun

𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 • (mąθra) m

1. mantra

Declension

Declension of 𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (YAv, masculine a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬋 (mąθrō)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mąθra)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mąθra)
vocative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mąθra)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mąθra)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mąθra)
accusative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬆𐬨 (mąθrəm)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mąθra)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬄 (mąθrą)
instrumental	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mąθra)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mąθraēibiia)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁𐬌𐬱 (mąθrāiš)
dative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁𐬌 (mąθrāi)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mąθraēibiia)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (mąθraēibiiō)
ablative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁𐬝 (mąθrāt̰)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mąθraēibiia)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (mąθraēibiiō)
genitive	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬵𐬈 (mąθrahe)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬃 (mąθraiiā̊)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨 (mąθranąm)
locative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬈 (mąθre)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬋 (mąθraiiō)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬎 (mąθraēšu)

Declension of 𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (OAv, masculine a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬋 (mąθrō)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁 (mąθrā)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁 (mąθrā)
vocative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁 (mąθrā)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁 (mąθrā)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁 (mąθrā)
accusative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬆𐬨 (mąθrəm)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁 (mąθrā)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬇𐬧𐬔 (mąθrə̄ṇg)
instrumental	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁 (mąθrā)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 (mąθrōibiiā)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁𐬌𐬱 (mąθrāiš)
dative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁𐬌 (mąθrāi)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 (mąθrōibiiā)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (mąθraēibiiō)
ablative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬁𐬝 (mąθrāt̰)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 (mąθrōibiiā)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (mąθraēibiiō)
genitive	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 (mąθrahiiā)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬃 (mąθraiiā̊)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨 (mąθranąm)
locative	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬉 (mąθrē)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬋 (mąθraiiō)	𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬏 (mąθraēšū)

References

• Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1900), “𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀”, in A Complete Dictionary of the Avesta Language‎, Bombay: Education society's steam press, page 411
• Martínez García, Javier; de Vaan, Michiel (2014), Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎, Brill, →ISBN, page 128