Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Adjective
*bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas[1]
- superlative degree of *bʰr̥ĵʰánt (“high, tall”): highest, most elevated
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰárźʰiṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: बर्हिष्ठ (bárhiṣṭha)
- Proto-Iranian: *bárjištah
References
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “bárhis.t.ha-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bālišt”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 17