köken: Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp(y)stʾk' /abestāg/). Of unknown meaning, but probably from Avestan; possibly *𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬬𐬀𐬐𐬀 (*upastāvaka, “praise”), from 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (upastaoⁱti, “he praises”), from -𐬎𐬞𐬀 (-upa, “up to, at”) << Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)upamás << Proto-Indo-European *upó + 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (staoⁱti, “he praises”) (see Sanskrit स्तुति (stuti, “praise”)), though this is not…
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian اَوَسْتَا (awastā), in turn derived from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp(y)stʾk' /abestāg/). Of unknown meaning, but probably from Avestan; possibly *𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬬𐬀𐬐𐬀 (*upastāvaka, “praise”), from 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (upastaoⁱti, “he praises”), from -𐬎𐬞𐬀 (-upa, “up to, at”) << Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)upamás << Proto-Indo-European *upó + 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (staoⁱti, “he praises”)…
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian اَوَسْتَا (awastā), in turn derived from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp(y)stʾk' /abestāg/). Of unknown meaning, but probably from Avestan; possibly *𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬬𐬀𐬐𐬀 (*upastāvaka, “praise”), from 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (upastaoⁱti, “he praises”), from -𐬎𐬞𐬀 (-upa, “up to, at”) << Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)upamás << Proto-Indo-European *upó + 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (staoⁱti, “he praises”)…