𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráyHištʰas (“most beautiful”). Cognate with Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (śréṣṭha).

Adjective

𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀 • (sraēšta)

  1. most beautiful

Further reading

  • Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Beautiful”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 48
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