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{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"roman": "mahiṣṭha",
"word": "महिष्ठ"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Indo-Aryan",
"lang_code": "inc-pro",
"word": "*maźʰiṣṭʰas"
},
{
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{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Old Avestan",
"lang_code": "ae",
"roman": "mazišta",
"word": "𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀"
},
{
"lang": "Younger Avestan",
"lang_code": "ae",
"roman": "masišta",
"word": "𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀"
}
],
"lang": "Avestan",
"lang_code": "ae"
}
],
"lang": "Central Iranian",
"lang_code": "xme-ker"
},
{
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{
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"lang_code": "xbc",
"raw_tags": [
"inherited",
"uncertain"
],
"roman": "mošto",
"word": "μοϸτο"
}
],
"lang": "Northeastern Iranian",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
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"lang_code": "xme-old",
"word": "*masištah"
}
],
"lang": "Northwestern Iranian",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Old Persian",
"lang_code": "peo",
"word": "*maθištah"
}
],
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"lang_code": "unknown"
}
],
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"word": "*majištah"
}
],
"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).",
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{
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},
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],
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"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maȷ́ʰištʰas",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"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"
}
],
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{
"extra": "(“great, big”): greatest, biggest",
"word": "maȷ́ʰā́"
}
],
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"superlative degree of *maȷ́ʰā́ (“great, big”): greatest, biggest"
],
"id": "en-maȷ́ʰištʰas-iir-pro-adj-hE2uGzIX",
"links": [
[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maȷ́ʰā́"
],
[
"greatest",
"greatest"
],
[
"biggest",
"biggest"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"reconstruction",
"superlative"
]
}
],
"word": "maȷ́ʰištʰas"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"roman": "mahiṣṭha",
"word": "महिष्ठ"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Indo-Aryan",
"lang_code": "inc-pro",
"word": "*maźʰiṣṭʰas"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Old Avestan",
"lang_code": "ae",
"roman": "mazišta",
"word": "𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀"
},
{
"lang": "Younger Avestan",
"lang_code": "ae",
"roman": "masišta",
"word": "𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀"
}
],
"lang": "Avestan",
"lang_code": "ae"
}
],
"lang": "Central Iranian",
"lang_code": "xme-ker"
},
{
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{
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"lang_code": "xbc",
"raw_tags": [
"inherited",
"uncertain"
],
"roman": "mošto",
"word": "μοϸτο"
}
],
"lang": "Northeastern Iranian",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Old Median",
"lang_code": "xme-old",
"word": "*masištah"
}
],
"lang": "Northwestern Iranian",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Old Persian",
"lang_code": "peo",
"word": "*maθištah"
}
],
"lang": "Southwestern Iranian",
"lang_code": "unknown"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Iranian",
"lang_code": "ira-pro",
"word": "*majištah"
}
],
"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"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maȷ́ʰištʰas",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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"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"
],
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{
"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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