"vahištah" meaning in Old Persian

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Adjective

Etymology: Presumably borrowed from either Old Median *vahištah or Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (vahišta), both from Proto-Iranian *Hwáhištah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas. Etymology templates: {{bor|peo|xme-old|*vahištah}} Old Median *vahištah, {{bor|peo|ae|𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀}} Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (vahišta), {{der|peo|ira-pro|*Hwáhištah}} Proto-Iranian *Hwáhištah, {{der|peo|iir-pro|*Hwásištʰas}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas Head templates: {{head|peo|adjective}} *vahištah
  1. best Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-vahištah-peo-adj-j0N17GXC Categories (other): Old Persian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "-",
            "ts": "wahišt"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Persian: (/⁠wahišt⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Persian: (/⁠wahišt⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫤",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫤 (whyšt)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫤 (whyšt), 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫎 (whyšṯ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "whyšt"
          },
          "expansion": "Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (whyšt)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (whyšt)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "xme-old",
        "3": "*vahištah"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Median *vahištah",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "ae",
        "3": "𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (vahišta)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*Hwáhištah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *Hwáhištah",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Hwásištʰas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Presumably borrowed from either Old Median *vahištah or Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (vahišta), both from Proto-Iranian *Hwáhištah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "*vahištah",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Persian",
  "lang_code": "peo",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old Persian/vahištah",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "best"
      ],
      "id": "en-vahištah-peo-adj-j0N17GXC",
      "links": [
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vahištah"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "-",
            "ts": "wahišt"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Persian: (/⁠wahišt⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Persian: (/⁠wahišt⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫤",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫤 (whyšt)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫤 (whyšt), 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫎 (whyšṯ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "whyšt"
          },
          "expansion": "Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (whyšt)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (whyšt)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "xme-old",
        "3": "*vahištah"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Median *vahištah",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "ae",
        "3": "𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (vahišta)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*Hwáhištah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *Hwáhištah",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Hwásištʰas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Presumably borrowed from either Old Median *vahištah or Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (vahišta), both from Proto-Iranian *Hwáhištah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "*vahištah",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Persian",
  "lang_code": "peo",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old Persian/vahištah",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Persian adjectives",
        "Old Persian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Persian lemmas",
        "Old Persian terms borrowed from Avestan",
        "Old Persian terms borrowed from Old Median",
        "Old Persian terms derived from Avestan",
        "Old Persian terms derived from Old Median",
        "Old Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Old Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "best"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vahištah"
}

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