This article discusses the formation and meaning of the Avestan personal name of Zarathuštra’s father, pourušaspa-. Taking side with the current scholarly view on the etymology and meaning of the word, i.e., *pourušāspa- → pourušaspa- ‘one who has grey horses’, it is argued here that the shortening of the vowel can be explained by an analogical model in Wištāsp Yašt 1.2, where pourušaspa- m. is described as pouru.aspa- ‘having many horses’. The article also challenges the view that Wištāsp Yašt 1.2 is a recent text.

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论阿维斯坦人名 pourušaspa 的词源-

本文讨论查拉图斯特拉父亲的阿维斯坦个人名的形成和含义，普鲁萨斯帕-.支持当前学术界对该词的词源和含义的看法，即*普鲁萨斯帕- →普鲁萨斯帕-“拥有灰马的人”，这里认为元音的缩短可以通过 Wištāsp Yašt 1.2 中的类比模型来解释，其中普鲁萨斯帕-米。被描述为普鲁.aspa- “有很多马”。这篇文章还对 Wištāsp Yašt 1.2 是最新文本的观点提出了质疑。