mayišn  nNsIA/ / mʼdšn ' / n. 'intoxication, exhilaration'

This word, not to be confused with the homographic māyišn, presupposes a pres. stem *may- < Av maδa-. Since this 'exhilaration' was associated with insight and wisdom (cf. MMPers n. pr. Ray-mast 'Einsichtgetrunken'), it was understood by the commentator of the PhlY as dānāgīh and by Ner. as vidyā. PhlGl of maδa-. (cited by: W. Malandra)

How to cite Pahlavica:

(cited by: …), “word entry,” Encyclopedia Pahlavica, online edition, 2021

MMPers = Manichean Middle Persian , Man. = Manichean , MMP = Manichean Middle Persian,  Av. = Avestan , OIr = Old Iranian , OInd = Old Indic , NPers = New Persian , MP = Middle Persian,  NP = New Persian, Pahl. = Pahlavi, PARTH = Parthian , MPrth = Manichean Parthian , Aram. = Aramaic , Arab = Arabic, PIE = Proto-Indo-European , PIIr = Proto-Indo-Iranian , PIr. = Proto-Iranian , AKK.= Akkadian , OPers. = Old Persian, OAram = Old Aramiac Ψ = Hebrew

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A.J = Ayādgār ī Jāmāspīg; AOG. = Aogəmadaēcā; ASS = Afdīh ud Sahīgīh ī Sagestān; AWM = AYĀDGĀR Ī WUZURGMIHR; Av. Gl. = Avesta Glossary (Frahang ī ōīm ēwak); AWN = Ardā Virāz Nāmag; AZ = AYĀDGĀR Ī ZARĒRĀN; CHP = Čīdag Handarz ī Pōryōtkēšān; DA = DRAXT Ī ĀSŪRĪG; DD = DĀDESTĀN Ī DĒNĪG; DH =Dārūg ī hunsandīh; DK3 =  DĒNKARD ; DK4 =  DĒNKARD ; DK5 =  DĒNKARD ; DK6 = DĒNKARD ; DK7 = DĒNKARD  ; DK8 =  DĒNKARD ; DK9 =  DĒNKARD ; DKM =  ; ENN =   ; FN =  ;FOm. =  ; Fr.Pahl =  ; GA =  ; GBd. =  ; HAM =  ; HDM =  ; HDN =   ; HDW =   ; Her. =   ; HHK =   ; HKR =  ; HOD =   ; HP =  ; HWF =  ; Ind.Bd. =  ; KNA =  ; MFRH =   ; MGA =  ; MHD =   ; MSR =  ; MU29 =   ; MX =  ; MYF =  ; NCG =  ; Ner. =   ; NM =   ; Pahl.Riv. =  ; Pahl.Vd. =   ; Pahl.Vr. =   ; Pahl.Ys. =   ; PKX =   ; Ps. =   ; PT =   ; Purs. =   ; PXA =   ; RAFF =  ; RHA =   ; SEAF =   ; Sīr =  ; SSA =  ; Sup.ŠnŠ =   ; ŠĒ =   ; ŠGV=  ; ŠLŠ =   ; ŠnŠ =  ; ŠWW =   ; TD1 =  ; TD2 =   ; WAM =  ; WBA =   ; WC =   ; WZ =   ; XXF =   ; ZWY =   ; ZXA =   ;