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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (vasiṭṭha), from Sanskrit वसिष्ठ (vásiṣṭha, chief, most excellent, best), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas (best, most excellent), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wés-isth₂-o-s, superlative degree of *h₁wésus (good).

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Noun

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बसीठ (basīṭhm[1][2][3][4]

  1. (archaic) the main person in a village; village headman

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vásiṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. 2.0 2.1 Platts, John T. (1884) “बसीठ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 157
  3. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बसीठ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  4. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बसीठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press