𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩

From Old Persian *vahištah (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬋-𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎𐬱- (vahištō-aŋhuš-)), from Proto-Iranian *HwáhištHáhuš (literally “best existence”), a compound of *Hwáhištas (“best”, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas) +‎ *Háhuš (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásuš (“life, existence, being”)).

𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 • (whšty /wahišt/)

1. paradise

• 𐭣𐭥𐭱𐭧𐭥𐭩 (dwšḥwy /⁠dušox⁠/)

• 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)
    • Azerbaijani: behişt
    • Ottoman Turkish: بهشت (behişt)
      • Turkish: behişt
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਬਹਿਸ਼ਤ (bahiśt) (rare)

    Shahmukhi script: بَہِشْت (bahiśt)

  • → Turkmen: behişt
  • → Uyghur: بېھىش (bëhish)
  • → Uzbek: bihisht, behisht
• → Gujarati: વહિશ્ત (vahiśt)