ܢܶܣܶܟ nsk nesek a part of the Avesta
MP nask [nsk', nsk] properly "bundle, bunch", the name of each of the 21 'books' or collection of texts together forming the Sasanian Avesta (Nyberg 136; CPD 58), cf. Av. naska- in naskō.frasa- one who devotes himself to the study of the nasks (AirWb 1060); MP Inscr. [n]sk (KSM, Skjærvø); NP nask a section or part of the Zand (Steingass 1400). — Md. nsqʾ nasqa "sacra scrittura" (Mancini 1995, 83) ● am 2, 580, 6 ◆ LS 434a; PS Suppl. 213