Avestan and Middle Persian name of the Zoroastrian divinity that is the hypostasis of the sky. Asman is the "highest heaven," and is distinguished from the firmament, π¬π¬‘π¬π¬΄π¬, which lies nearer the earth.
Origin
From Avestan π¬π¬―π¬¨π¬π¬₯. Cognate of Old Persian π πΏπΆπ΄ ("sky").
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