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Most likely, according to Edelman, is a derivation from an earlier Proto-Iranian*pati-aši-(“before or against one's eyes”), from Proto-Iranian*pati-(“against”) + *Háši(“eye”), the latter from Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hákši(“eye”). This would make the word an exact cognate with Sanskritप्रत्यक्ष(pratyakṣa, “present before the eyes, obvious, clear”).
^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 248
^ Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “pērōz-kar”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 161a
^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pēš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press