Tanım
•Apaosha; the personification of drought and the principle enemy of the yazata of rain, Tishtrya · Scorpius constellation
Etimoloji
From Middle Persian ʾpwš (apōš), from Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬋𐬱𐬀 (apaōša), derived from Proto-Iranian *apauša (“unthriving”). Earlier interpretations included Proto-Iranian *apa-uša (“burning away”), however for phonetical reasons this is impossible. Traditional folk etymology in the Dādestān ī Dēnīg interpreted it as āb (water) + ōš (destruction), "(having) the destruction of water".