Avestan: Gāθā

[Arabus]

Hello,

In this page it is said that the word Gāθās is Avestan. Is it really Avestan? Or is it English?

The ending -s seems English to me. Perhaps the Avestan word is Gāθā (plural) and Gāθa (singular).

 

[fdb]

gāϑā- is Avestan, and means ‘song’, like Skt gāthā-. The stem ends with a long ā (feminine). The nominative singular is gāϑā in Old Avestan and gāϑa in Young Avestan. The nominative plural is gāϑā̊. “Gathas” or “Gāϑās” is English (of sorts).

 

[Arabus]

Thanks.....