𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sapátniH (“co-wife, concubine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-pót-nih₂, from *sm̥- (“together, co-”) + *pótnih₂. Cognate with Sanskrit सपत्नी (sápatnī).

Noun

𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 • (hapaθnī) f[1]

  1. co-wife, concubine

References
  1. Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Concubine”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎, Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 96
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