باختر

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Persian

Etymology

Along with Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬁𐬑𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (apāxtara), from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "OIr." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. *apāxtara (“retrograde, backward-turning”), comparative stem based on *apāk-/*apāŋ (“backward”), from the preposition *apa (“behind”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *apatamás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo-tm̥mo-, from *h₂epó (“from, away, off”).[1]

See also Albanian afër (“close, nearby”),[2] Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 (afar, “after”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼 (apara, “later, after”), Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀 (apara, “more behind, later”).

Noun

باختر • (bâxtar)

  1. west
  2. (obsolete) east

References

  1. ^ The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism, p. 249
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “باختر”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 1
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