𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬋𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎𐬱

Avestan

Etymology

From 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬋 (vahištō, the best) +‎ 𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎𐬱 (aŋhuš, life); the first element is ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas (best, excellent), while the second is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (to be).

Noun

𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬋𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎𐬱 • (vahištōaŋhuš)

  1. the best existence, paradise

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (wahišt)
    • Classical Persian: بهشت (bihišt, bahišt), گهیشت (gahīšt) (obsolete, dialectal, Sistan)
      • Iranian Persian: بِهِشْت (behešt)
      • Dari: بِهِشْت (bihišt)
      • Tajik: биҳишт (bihišt)
      • Bengali: বেহেশ্ত (beheśt), বেহেশত (beheśt(ō)), বেহেস্ত (behest(ō)), বেহেসত (behest(ō)), বিহিশ্‌ত (bihiśt(ō)), বিহিশত (bihiśt(ō)), ভেস্ত (bhestō)dated or dialectal
      • Gujarati: બહિશ્ત (bahiśt), બિહિશ્ત (bihiśt)
      • Hindustani:
        Hindi: बहिश्त (bahiśt), बिहिश्त (bihiśt) (rare)
        Urdu: بَہِشْت (bahiśt), بِہِشْت (bihiśt)
      • Kazakh: бейіш (beiış), пейіш (peiış)
      • Kyrgyz: бейиш (beyiş)
      • Old Anatolian Turkish: بهشت (behişt)
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਬਹਿਸ਼ਤ (bahiśt) (rare)
        Shahmukhi script: بَہِشْت (bahiśt)
      • Turkmen: behişt
      • Uyghur: بېھىش (bëhish)
      • Uzbek: bihisht, behisht
    • Gujarati: વહિશ્ત (vahiśt)