Definition of Gathic

1. Noun. An ancient Iranian language.

Generic synonyms: Iranian, Iranian Language

Definition of Gathic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to the Gathas. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gathic

Gastrophilidae
Gastrophilus
Gastrophryne
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Gastrophryne olivacea
Gatch
Gatch bed
Gate Night
Gates
Gates of the Arctic National Park
Gateshead
Gatesian
Gateway City
Gateway to the West
Gathas
Gathic
Gatling
Gatling gun
Gatling guns
Gaucher cells
Gaudi
Gaudi i Cornet
Gauguin
Gauguinesque
Gaul
Gaulish
Gaullism

Literary usage of Gathic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Zarathushtra, the Achaemenids and Israel: A Discussion of the Relation by Lawrence Heyworth Mills (1906)
"For we have a right to assume that the spoken gathic was of about the same age as the spoken mother - tongue of the Inscriptional Achaemenian Daric which ..."

2. Ancient Ideals: A Study of Intellectual and Spiritual Growth from Early by Henry Osborn Taylor (1913)
"The gathic Ideal. This devoted and spiritual prayer expresses the prophet's desires and the Mazdan ideal. Yet Zarathushtra fell short of Israel's faith. ..."

3. Ancient Ideals: A Study of Intellectual and Spiritual Growth from Early by Henry Osborn Taylor (1921)
"... outlines the gathic ideal for men. The Mazda worshipper prayed for the good things of this life,1 and for active and spiritual righteousness which ..."

4. Theosophy, Or, Psychological Religion by Friedrich Max Müller (1893)
"The gathic portion represents the higher spiritual knowledge and spiritual duty, ... we are justified in supposing that the gathic dialect may have been ..."

5. Theosophy by Friedrich Max Müller (1893)
"The gathic portion represents the higher spiritual knowledge and spiritual duty, ... we are justified in supposing that the gathic dialect may have been ..."

6. Theosophy: Or, Psychological Religion by Friedrich Max Müller (1895)
"The gathic portion represents the higher spiritual knowledge and spiritual duty, ... we are justified in supposing that the gathic dialect may have been ..."

7. Avesta Eschatology Compared with the Books of Daniel and Revelations: Being by Lawrence Heyworth Mills (1908)
"It was the central open secret of all the gathic existence; and it was vital. ... Retaliation threatened to turn them too to murder; but the gathic voice ..."

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