Reconstruction:Old Persian/vahuš

This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hwáhuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš.

Adjective

*vahuš[1]

  1. good, excellent

Derived terms

  • Middle Persian: (/⁠wih, wah⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫏𐫆 (wyẖ)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wyh), [script needed] (ŠPYL)
    • Classical Persian: به (bih)
  • → Old Armenian: վեհ (veh)

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 10: “altpersisch *vahuš”
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