ABBREVIATIONS
| Aerpt. | = | Aerpatastan. |
| AF. | = | Arische Forschungen. |
| Air. Wb. | = | Altiranisches Worterbuch (Bartholomae). |
| AnAtM. | = | Andarz-i Atarpat-i Maraspand. |
| AnKhK. | = | Andarz-i Khusru-i Kavatan. |
| Aog. | = | Aogemadaecha |
| Artax. Pers. | = | inscriptions of Artaxerxes at Persepolis. |
| AthV. | = | Atharva Veda |
| Av. | = | Avesta |
| AV | = | Arda Viraf. |
| AZ. | = | Afrin-i Zartusht. |
| Bd. | = | Bundahishn. |
| Bh. | = | Behistan. |
| bk. | = | book. |
| BYt. | = | Pahlavi Bahman Yasht. |
| cf. | = | (confer), compare. |
| Dar. Alv. | = | inscriptions of Darius on Mt. Alvand (Elvend), near Hamadan. |
| Dar. Pers. | = | inscriptions of Darius at Persepolis. |
| Db. | = | Dabistan. |
| Dk. | = | Dinkard. |
| ed. | = | edition of, edited by. |
| Eng. | = | English. |
| EpM. | = | Epistles of Manushchihr. |
| ERE. | = | Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics (Hastings). |
| FGH. | = | Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum (Muller). |
| G. | = | Gah. |
| GIrPh. | = | Grundriss der Iranischen Philologie. |
| Gs. | = | Ganj-i Shayikan. |
| Guj. | = | Gujarati. |
| Hj. | = | Hajiabad. |
| Hn. | = | Hadokht Nask. |
| i.e. | = | (id est), that is. |
| ibid. | = | (ibidem), in the same work |
| Is. | = | Isaiah. |
| Jsp. | = | Jamaspi. |
| JAOS. | = | Journal of the American Oriental Society. |
| JRAS | = | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. |
| KZ. | = | Kuhn's Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung. |
| Mkh. | = | Menuk-i Khrat. |
| NR. | = | inscriptions of Darius at Naksh-i Rustam. |
| Nr. | = | Nirangistan. |
| Ny. | = | Nyaish. |
| Pers. | = | Persian. |
| Pt. | = | Patit. |
| Phl. | = | Pahlavi. |
| Rv. | = | Rivayat. |
| RV. | = | Rig Veda. |
| SBE. | = | Sacred Books of the East. |
| Sd. | = | Sad Dar. |
| SdBd. | = | Sad Dar Bundahishn. |
| Sg. | = | Shikand Gumanik Vijar. |
| Skt. | = | Sanskrit. |
| Sr. | = | Sirozah. |
| SlS. | = | Shayast-la-Shayast. |
| TdFr. | = | Tahmuras Fragment. |
| tr. | = | translated by, translation of. |
| Vd. | = | Vendidad. |
| vers. | = | version. |
| vol. | = | volume. |
| Vsp. | = | Visperad. |
| WFr. | = | Westergaard Fragment. |
| Xerx. Pers. | = | inscriptions of Xerxes at Persepolis. |
| Ys. | = | Yasna. |
| Yt. | = | Yasht. |
| ZDMG. | = | Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft. |
| Zsp. | = | Zatsparam. |