The Authentic Orthography
Fire Priest, Ritual · Fire-possessing
Why āθrauuan.com is the correct form
𐬁𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥
The name in its original Avestan form. 𐬁𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 → Āθrauuan. Āθrauuan denotes the priest, derived from ātar 'fire'. · The initial long ā is written with the distinct letter 𐬁. · The sequence auu- is written with a (𐬀) followed by two u letters (𐬎𐬎).
ATHRAWAN
Stripped of its identity, the name was reduced to plain Latin letters. The original orthography — stress, length, breathing — was erased by systems that only understand A-Z.
Āθrauuan
The Unicode restoration recovers what ASCII destroyed. This is philological accuracy — not decoration. The domain encodes to Punycode, but the browser displays the truth.
āθrauuan.com → xn--rauuan-2za476c.com
The non-ASCII characters in Āθrauuan are encoded while the ASCII remains visible. To the DNS, it is Punycode. To humanity, it is Āθrauuan.
How athrawan becomes Āθrauuan
| Step | ASCII | Unicode | Type | Scholarly Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | a | → | Ā | Length | Long vowel |
| 02 | t | → | θ | Special | Special character |
| 03 | h | → | r | Special | Special character |
| 04 | r | → | a | Special | Special character |
| 05 | a | → | u | Special | Special character |
| 06 | w | → | u | Special | Special character |
| 07 | a | → | a | Same | Same |
| 08 | n | → | n | Same | Same |
Why Āθrauuan is classified as Tier-2 Macron-Preserving
The Zoroastrian original 𐬁𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 contains only length (macron vowel). This makes it a single-tier Tier-2 name. The Unicode restoration preserves what can be preserved — honoring the single feature that distinguishes it from plain ASCII.
See how Āθrauuan behaves in the PUNYCODEX Type Tool — with predictive autocomplete, character-by-character breakdown, and scholarly constraint validation.
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