Avestan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs (body, self), from Proto-Indo-European *tenuh₂- (body). Cognate with Persian تن (tan) and Sanskrit तनू (tanū, body, self).

Noun edit

𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎 (tanuf[1]

  1. body

References edit

  1. ^ Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Body”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 59