𐬙𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀

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Avestan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *támHsram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *támHsram (darkness; dark night), from Proto-Indo-European *témH-(e)s-ros (darkness), from *temH- (to be dark).

Cognate with Sanskrit तमिस्र (tamisra, darkness), Latin tenebrae, German finster (dark, gloomy).

Noun

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𐬙𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (tąθran

  1. darkness

References

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  • Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Darkness”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 118