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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Adjective

*bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas [1]

  1. superlative degree of *bʰr̥ĵʰánt (“high, tall”): highest, most elevated

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *bʰárźʰiṣṭʰas
  • Iranian: *bárĵištah
    • Avestan: 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀‎ (barəzišta)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: بارِست‎ (barist, “elevated, raised up”)
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (bʾlyst' /bālist/)[2]

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “bárhis.t.ha-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bālišt”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 17
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