𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀𐬵

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háynas (“crime, sin, offense”). Cognate with Sanskrit एन॑स् (énas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈeː.nah/

Noun

𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀𐬵 • (aēnah) n

  1. sin

Further reading

  • Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1900), “𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀𐬵”, in A Complete Dictionary of the Avesta Language‎[1], Bombay: Education society's steam press, page 9
  • Uesugi, Heindio, Catt, Adam Alvah, editors (2024), “aēnah”, in Old Avestan Dictionary (Asian and African Lexicon; 67), Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, →ISBN, page 4
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