बसीठ

Hindi

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (vasiṭṭha), from Sanskrit वसिष्ठ (vásiṣṭha, “chief, most excellent, best”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas (“best, most excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wés-isth₂-o-s, superlative degree of *h₁wésus (“good”).

बसीठ • (basīṭh) m^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Declension of बसीठ (masc cons-stem)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vásiṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Platts, John T. (1884) “बसीठ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 157
^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बसीठ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बसीठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press