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Where does “بهشت” come from?

بهشت (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish بهشت, from Persian بهشت, from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩, from Avestan ????????????, from Avestan ????? — life.

بهشت (Ottoman Turkish): paradise, heaven

Definitions

  1. paradise, heaven

Ancestry of “بهشت”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishبهشت—
2Persianبهشتparadise, heaven
3Middle Persian𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩paradise
4Avestan ???????????? paradise, lit. the best existence
5Avestan?????life
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