Uṣǘt
Prasuni
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Nuristani *pāršã́ta (“place of the rock”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *parš-, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.[1] Likely cognate with Ashkun paṣú (“mountainslope, side”), Kamkata-viri paṣǘ, paṣí (“mountainslope, side”), Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa), पाषी (pāṣī), Pashto پرښه (parša), Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “stone”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editUṣǘt
- Pashki (place name in Nuristan, Afghanistan)
References
edit- ^ Hegedűs, Irén. "The RUKI-rule in Nuristani." The sound of Indo-European: phonetics, phonemics and morphophonemics (Copenhagen studies in Indo-European vol. 4) (2012): 145-168.