Where does “নেস্ত ও নাবুদ” come from?
নেস্ত ও নাবুদ (Bengali) comes from Classical Persian نیست و نابود, from Persian نیست, from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭲, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭲𐭩, from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hásti, from Sanskrit हस्तिन्, from Sanskrit हस्त — hand; take, give in exchange.
Ancestry of “নেস্ত ও নাবুদ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | نیست و نابود | — |
| 2 | Persian | نیست | annihilated; negative form of هست; negative form... |
| 3 | Middle Persian | 𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭲 | Is not; Does not exist |
| 4 | Middle Persian | 𐭠𐭩𐭲𐭩 | is; exists |
| 5 | Old Persian | 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 | to be, exist; to be |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hásti | to be |
| 7 | Sanskrit | हस्तिन् | an elephant |
| 8 | Sanskrit | हस्त | the hand; an elephant's trunk; the forearm |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | źʰástas | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰástas | hand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰés-to- | hand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰes- | hand; take, give in exchange |