𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬵

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *támHah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *támHas, from Proto-Indo-European *témHos (“darkness”). Cognate with Sanskrit तमस् (támas).

Noun

𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬵 • (təmah) n[1]

  1. darkness

References
  1. Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Darkness”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎, Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 118
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