𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs (“body, self”), from Proto-Indo-European *tenuh₂- (“body”). Cognate with Persian تن (tan) and Sanskrit तनू (tanū, “body, self”).

Noun

𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎 • (tanu) f[1]

  1. body

References
  1. Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Body”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎, Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 59
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