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)
- 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:
- → 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)
- Classical Persian: بهشت (bihišt, bahišt), گهیشت (gahīšt) (obsolete, dialectal, Sistan)