𐎶𐎰𐎡𐏁𐎫

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *majištah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰištʰas.

Adjective

𐎶𐎰𐎡𐏁𐎫 (m-θ-i-š-t /maθištaʰ⁠/)[1]

  1. superlative degree of *maθah (“great, big”): greatest, biggest

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: Μασίστης (Masístēs)
    • → Latin: Masistēs

References
  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 558
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