| [] | 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) |