| [] | base or root form |
|---|---|
| [-] | this is the base or root form |
| 1/3 | 1st person plural |
| 3/1 | 3rd person singular |
| A | Accusative |
| Abl | Ablative |
| act. | active (= Parasmaipada) |
| adj. | adjective |
| adv. | adverb |
| ahm | Gershevitch Ilya and Karl F Geldner. The Avestan Hymn to Mithra. University Press 1959. |
| aor | aorist |
| Atm. | Atmanepada - middle |
| B. | Bartholomae, Christian. Altiranisches Wörterbuch; Zusammen Mit Den Nacharbeiten Und Vorarbeiten. W. De Gruyter 1979. |
| ben. | benedictive mood |
| Bha. | Bharucha |
| caus. | causative |
| compar. | comparative |
| conj. | conjunction |
| D | Dative |
| decl. | declension |
| dem. | demonstrative |
| des. | desiderative |
| du | dual |
| encl. | enclitic |
| f. | feminine gender |
| fut. | future |
| G | Genetive |
| GAv | Gathic Avestan dialect |
| Herb. | Herbadastan, ed. Kreyenbroeck & Kotwal |
| Hum | Humbach |
| HZI | Mary Boyce, History of Zoroastrianism, vol I. |
| I | Instrumental |
| imp. | imperative mood |
| impf. | imperfect |
| ind. | indicative |
| inf. | infinitive |
| inj. | injunctive |
| interr. | interrogative |
| J | Jackson, Avesta Grammar |
| jAR | Jackson, Avesta Reader |
| k | Kavasji Edalji Kanga, A Complete Dictionary of the Avesta Language, Bombay, 1900 |
| L | Locative |
| lit. | literally |
| m. | masculine gender |
| mal. | Malandra, William W. Introduction to Ancient Iranian Religion: Readings from the Avesta and the Achaemenid Inscriptions. University of Minnesota Press, 1983. |
| mid. | middle (= Atmanepada) |
| mn. | mnemonic |
| N | Nominative |
| n. | neuter gender |
| num. | numeral |
| obj. | object |
| opt. | optative |
| part. | participle |
| parasm. | parasmaipada (=active) |
| pass. | passive |
| perf. | perfect |
| pers. | person, personal |
| Pl. | plural |
| poss. | possessive |
| pot. | potential mood |
| pr. n. | proper noun |
| pred. | predicative |
| pref. | prefix |
| prep. | preposition |
| pres. | present tense |
| pret. | preterite |
| pron. | pronoun |
| rt. | root |
| Sg. | singular |
| subj. | subjunctive mood |
| superl. | superlative |
| them. | thematic |
| trad. | traditional |
| V | Vocative |
| v. | verb, verbal |
| StdAv | Standard Avestan dialect (sometimes called "Younger" Avestan) |