English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “servant-girl of God/the Lord”
From Proto-Saka *Bagaspasi (literally “servant-girl of God/the Lord”), composed of a cognate of Khotanese vvūv (“lord”), from Iranian *Baga (compare with Old Persian 𐏎 (Baga)) + a cognate of Khotanese spaśś (“to look”), spaśa (“observer”). Compare with the other Indo-Scythian proper names 𐨬𐨅𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨭𐨁 (veśpaśi) and 𐨬𐨅𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨭𐨁𐨀 (veśpaśia), and with the Indo-Scythian titles 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀲𑀺𑀓 (viśvasika) and 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀰𑀺𑀓 (viśvaśika).
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- Wiktionary: 𐨤𐨁𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨯𐨿𐨪𐨁CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
