Eastern Iranian language that survived in sacred texts centuries after it went extinct, from Persian Avesta "sacred books of the Parsees," earlier Avistak, literally "books."
Avernus
Averroes
averse
aversion
avert
Avestan
avian
aviary
aviation
aviator
Avicenna
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