Uṣǘt

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Prasuni[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nuristani *pāršã́ta (place of the rock), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *parš-, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.[1] Likely cognate with Ashkun paṣú (mountainslope, side), Kamkata-viri paṣǘ, paṣí (mountainslope, side), Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa), पाषी (pāṣī), Pashto پرښه (parša), Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, stone).

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Proper noun[edit]

Uṣǘt

  1. Pashki (place name in Nuristan, Afghanistan)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hegedűs, Irén. "The RUKI-rule in Nuristani." The sound of Indo-European: phonetics, phonemics and morphophonemics (Copenhagen studies in Indo-European vol. 4) (2012): 145-168.