Reconstruction:Old Persian/Māhiš

This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah (“moon”).

Proper noun

*Māhiš f[1]

  1. (Iranian mythology, Zoroastrianism) moon deity Mah

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 541
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