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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Adjective

*bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas[1]

  1. superlative degree of *bʰr̥ȷ́ʰáns (“high, tall”): highest, most elevated

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰárźʰiṣṭʰas
  • Proto-Iranian: *bárjištah (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “bárhis.t.ha-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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