ـبد

Persian

Alternative forms

• ـبذ (-baz, -bez, -boz) (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Persian -pt' (-bed), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš (compare Old Armenian պետ (pet), an Iranian borrowing), from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [.bað], [.bið], [.buð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.bäd̪], [.bɪd̪], [.bʊd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.bäd̪], [.bɪd̪], [.bʊd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [.bäd̪], [.bɪd̪], [.bʊd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [.bäd̪̥], [.bid̪̥], [.bud̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [.bæd̪̥], [.bed̪̥], [.bod̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [.bäd̪], [.bid̪], [.bud̪]

Readings
Classical reading?
Dari reading?
Iranian reading?
Tajik reading?

Suffix

ـبد • (-bad, -bed, -bod)

1. -lord, -master

Derived terms

• ارتشبد (artešbod, “colonel general”)
• سپهبد (sepahbod, “lieutenant general”)
• دریابد (daryâbod, “admiral”)
• اسپبد (aspbod, “aspbed, aspet”)
• کهبد (kohbod, “treasurer”)
• موبد (mubad, “mobad; middle-ranking Zoroastrian priest”)
• هیربد (hirbad, “herbad; low-ranking Zoroastrian priest”)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “-bed”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18