Reconstruction:Old Persian/vahištaʰ

This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian

Etymology

Presumably borrowed from either Old Median *vahištah[1] or Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀‎ (vahišta), both from Proto-Iranian *Hwáhištah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas.

Adjective

*vahištaʰ

best

Descendants

Middle Persian: (/wahišt/)
Manichaean: 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫤‎ (whyšt), 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫎‎ (whyšṯ)
Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩‎ (whyšt)

References

Tavernier, Jan (2007) , “*Vahišta-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 567

[1] Tavernier, Jan (2007) , “*Vahišta-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 567