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• AṢNĀF

  W. M. Floor

  the plural of ṣenf (class, kind category), collective designation of guilds in Iran since the 11th/17th century.

• ĀSNATAR

  W. W. Malandra

  one of the eight Zoroastrian priests (ratu) necessary for the performance of the yasna ritual.

• ĀŠŌ-DĀD

  M. F. Kanga

  Zoroastrian (Pazend) term for the remuneration to a priest for his services.

• ĀŠOFTA

  N. Parvīn

  a Persian magazine published in Tehran 1325 Š./1946-1336 Š./1957.

• ĀŠŌGAR

  Cross-Reference

  See AŠŌQAR.

• AŚOKA

  J. G. De Casparis, G. Fussman, P. O. Skj

   Mauryan emperor of India (ca. 272-231 B.C.).

• ASOŁIK

  M. van Esbroech

   “the singer,” the usual name of Stephen of Tarōn.

• ĀŠŌQAR

  EIr

  in Syriac sources the name of a deity.

• ĀSŌRISTĀN

  G. Widengren

  name of the Sasanian province of Babylonia.

• ASP

  Cross-Reference

  See ASB.

• ASP-SAVĀRĪ

  Cross-Reference

  See ASB-SAVĀRĪ.

• ASPABAD

  Cross-Reference

  or ASPAPAT. See ASPBED.

• ASPAČANĀ

  A. Sh. Shahbazi

  a senior official under Darius the Great and Xerxes.

• ASPAND

  Cross-Reference

  See ESFAND.

• ASPARUKH

  D. M. Lang

  a Middle Iranian proper name attested in ancient Georgia and early medieval Bulgaria.

• ASPASII

  C. J. Brunner

  one of the tribal people encountered by Alexander the Great in Gandhāra, 327-26 B.C.

• ASPASTES

  A. Sh. Shahbazi

  Greek form of an Old Persian name attested in the Achaemenid period.

• ASPATHINES

  Cross-Reference

  See ASPAČANĀ.

• ĀŠPAZ, ʿABDALLĀH HERAVĪ

  Cross-Reference

  See ʿABDALLĀH HERAVĪ.

• ĀŠPAZ-ḴĀNA

  ʿE. Elāhī

  “kitchen.”