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Where does “জেঠ” come from?

জেঠ (Assamese) comes from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́yáHištʰas.

জেঠ (Assamese): Zeth the second month in the Assamese lunar...

Definitions

  1. Zeth the second month in the Assamese lunar...

Ancestry of “জেঠ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritज्येष्ठmost excellent, pre-eminent, first, chief, best,...
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́yáHištʰas—
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