Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/názdištah

This Proto-Iranian 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.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *názdištʰas. Equivalent to *názdah +‎ *-ištah. Cognate with Sanskrit नेदिष्ठ (nédiṣṭha, “nearest”).

Adjective

*názdištah

1. superlative degree of *názdah (“close, near”): closest, nearest

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (nazdišta)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: (/nazdist/)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nzdst')

References

• Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “nazdist”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz