köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (varzāvand, “of miraculous power”), itself from Middle Persian [script needed] (varz, “dignity, energy, miracle”), and also cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬗𐬀𐬵 (var^əcah).
fine (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · fine (consisting of especially minute particulate; made up of particularly small pieces) · good-looking, fine
çekim: karşılaştırma hienompi · üstünlük hienoin
eş: aistikas, edustava, fiini, huoliteltu, hyvännäköinen, kaunis
zıt: ruma
köken: From Proto-Finnic *hëëno. Cognates include Karelian hieno and Veps hen, as well as probably Estonian hõõnukene. The semantic shift from “fine, slender, fine-grained” to “fine, refined, elegant” is common across European languages and probably represents foreign influence in Finnish.
çekim: karşılaştırma splendidior · üstünlük splendidissimus
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spln̥d-eh₁-der. Latin splendeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin splendidus From splendeō (“to shine”) + -idus (“tending to”).
splendid, luxurious, magnificent · rich, luxurious (characterized by wealth; which expresses wealth) · richly, luxuriously dressed
çekim: karşılaştırma greznāks · üstünlük visgreznākais
eş: daiļš, glīts, krāšņs, skaists, smuks
köken: There are diverging opinions on the origin of this word. It may possibly come from Proto-Baltic *grež-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreǵ-, *gʰerǵ-, from the stem *gʰer- (“to rub, to knead, to grate”) with an extra -ǵ. The semantic evolution would have been: “rubbed” > “polished, shiny” > “beautiful, gorgeous (having external shine, beauty).” Another possibility is that grezns is etymologically…
köken: From Proto-Philippine *dakəlaq (“big; great”). Compare Pangasinan dakila, Central Bikol dakula, Aborlan Tagbanwa dakula', Mansaka dakora, Maranao dakola', Western Bukidnon Manobo dekela' and Tausug dakula'. According to Potet (2016), also possibly a metathesis of Old Malay *dalika, from Sanskrit माण्डलिक (māṇḍalika, “chieftain, governor”). See Malay mandalika.