Uṣǘt

Prasuni

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *pāršã́ta (“place of the rock”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *parš-, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.[1] Likely cognate with Ashkun paṣú (“mountainslope, side”), Kamkata-viri paṣǘ, paṣí (“mountainslope, side”), Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa), पाषी (pāṣī), Pashto ⁧پرښه⁩ (parša), Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “stone”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uʂýt̪/

Proper noun

Uṣǘt

  1. Pashki (place name in Nuristan, Afghanistan)

References
  1. Hegedűs, Irén. "The RUKI-rule in Nuristani." The sound of Indo-European: phonetics, phonemics and morphophonemics (Copenhagen studies in Indo-European vol. 4) (2012): 145-168.
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