نAn Investigation of Aban Yasht

Abstract

Aban Yasht is the research on the 5th Yasht of Avesta which is carried out by Dr. Changiz Mowla’i and is published in 1392 (Persian calendar). The 5th Yasht pays tribute to Anahita, the Zoroastrian deity of the waters. In this article, the various parts of the book are introduced, and a short description of the author’s line of action is presented. Afterwards, ten major topics discussed in the book are scrutinized. To compile such a book, the author of Aban Yasht has referred to and quoted from many books and articles written in English, French and German. The points raised in this article are as follows: phoneme, grapheme, the concept of root, statement of the problem, the copula “is”, the pronoun “ya-”, translations, syntactic issues, compounding or compound, and the tone of writing. Some of the points raised in this article are of considerable importance not only in this book but also in most of the research studies on the Iranian ancient languages.

Keywords

• âbân yašt
• phoneme
• grapheme
• syntax
• root