𐬁𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHćištʰas (“fastest, swiftest, quickest”), from Proto-Indo-European *HóHḱ-isth₂-o-s (“fastest, swiftest, quickest”), superlative of *HéHḱus (“fast, swift”). Cognate with Sanskrit आशिष्ठ (ā́śiṣṭha, “swistest”), Ancient Greek ὤκιστος (ṓkistos).

Adjective

𐬁𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 • (āsišta)[1][2]

  1. (Young Avestan) swiftest, fastest, quickest

References

  1. ^ Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Swift”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 501
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “āśú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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