[tēz], adj.; adv. sharp, pungent, swift, quick, rapid, clever, shrewd; fast, rapidly.
[←New Pers. tēz adj. ‘sharp’ ◄Middle Pers. adj. tēz ‘sharp’ ◄Old Pers. tigra- adj. ‘pointed’] ♣[Avestan tiɣra- adj. ‘cutting, pointed, sharp’] ♣[OIA tḗjatē ʻis sharp, sharpensʼ RV. <√tij ‘be sharp’]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0351; (Turner, 1966) 5945, p.330; (MW, 1899) 0446; (Pokorny, 1959) 1016; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.668; (MacKenzie, 1971) 083; (Horn, 1893) 0408
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