See maȷ́ʰištʰas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*maźʰiṣṭʰas"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maźʰiṣṭʰas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maźʰiṣṭʰas"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "महिष्ठ",
"tr": "mahiṣṭha"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: महिष्ठ (mahiṣṭha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: महिष्ठ (mahiṣṭha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ira-pro",
"2": "*majištah"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *majištah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Iranian: *majištah"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Central Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Avestan:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Avestan:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae-old",
"2": "𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀"
},
"expansion": "Old Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (mazišta)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (mazišta)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae-yng",
"2": "𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀"
},
"expansion": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (masišta)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (masišta)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Northeastern Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xbc",
"2": "μοϸτο",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": ">? Bactrian: μοϸτο (mošto)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": ">? Bactrian: μοϸτο (mošto)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Northwestern Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xme-old",
"2": "*masištah"
},
"expansion": "Old Median: *masištah",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Median: *masištah (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Southwestern Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "peo",
"2": "*maθištah"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian: *maθištah",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Persian: *maθištah (see there for further descendants)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*maȷ́ʰā́",
"3": "*ištʰas",
"pos2": "superlative suffix",
"t1": "great, big"
},
"expansion": "*maȷ́ʰā́ (“great, big”) + *-ištʰas (superlative suffix)",
"name": "suf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From *maȷ́ʰā́ (“great, big”) + *-ištʰas (superlative suffix).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "*maȷ́ʰištʰas",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"lang_code": "iir-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maȷ́ʰištʰas",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-Iranian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-Iranian terms suffixed with *-ištʰas",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "(“great, big”): greatest, biggest",
"word": "maȷ́ʰā́"
}
],
"glosses": [
"superlative degree of *maȷ́ʰā́ (“great, big”): greatest, biggest"
],
"id": "en-maȷ́ʰištʰas-iir-pro-adj-hE2uGzIX",
"links": [
[
"*maȷ́ʰā́",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maȷ́ʰā́"
],
[
"greatest",
"greatest"
],
[
"biggest",
"biggest"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"reconstruction",
"superlative"
]
}
],
"word": "maȷ́ʰištʰas"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*maźʰiṣṭʰas"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maźʰiṣṭʰas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maźʰiṣṭʰas"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "महिष्ठ",
"tr": "mahiṣṭha"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: महिष्ठ (mahiṣṭha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: महिष्ठ (mahiṣṭha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ira-pro",
"2": "*majištah"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *majištah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Iranian: *majištah"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Central Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Avestan:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Avestan:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae-old",
"2": "𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀"
},
"expansion": "Old Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (mazišta)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (mazišta)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae-yng",
"2": "𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀"
},
"expansion": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (masišta)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (masišta)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Northeastern Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xbc",
"2": "μοϸτο",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": ">? Bactrian: μοϸτο (mošto)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": ">? Bactrian: μοϸτο (mošto)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Northwestern Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xme-old",
"2": "*masištah"
},
"expansion": "Old Median: *masištah",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Median: *masištah (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Southwestern Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "peo",
"2": "*maθištah"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian: *maθištah",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Persian: *maθištah (see there for further descendants)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*maȷ́ʰā́",
"3": "*ištʰas",
"pos2": "superlative suffix",
"t1": "great, big"
},
"expansion": "*maȷ́ʰā́ (“great, big”) + *-ištʰas (superlative suffix)",
"name": "suf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From *maȷ́ʰā́ (“great, big”) + *-ištʰas (superlative suffix).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "*maȷ́ʰištʰas",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"lang_code": "iir-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maȷ́ʰištʰas",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Indo-Iranian adjectives",
"Proto-Indo-Iranian entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Indo-Iranian lemmas",
"Proto-Indo-Iranian superlative adjectives",
"Proto-Indo-Iranian terms suffixed with *-ištʰas"
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "(“great, big”): greatest, biggest",
"word": "maȷ́ʰā́"
}
],
"glosses": [
"superlative degree of *maȷ́ʰā́ (“great, big”): greatest, biggest"
],
"links": [
[
"*maȷ́ʰā́",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maȷ́ʰā́"
],
[
"greatest",
"greatest"
],
[
"biggest",
"biggest"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"reconstruction",
"superlative"
]
}
],
"word": "maȷ́ʰištʰas"
}
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