𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬵

Avestan

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *temH-
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Indo-European *témHos
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *támHas
    Avestan 𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬵 (təmah)

    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[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 118
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