پادزهر
Persian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”). Equivalent to پادـ (pâd-, “anti-”) + زهر (zahr, “poison, venom”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [pɑːð.ˈzahɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɒːd̪.zǽɦɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɔd̪.zǽɦɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | pāḏzahr |
Dari reading? | pādzahr |
Iranian reading? | pâdzahr |
Tajik reading? | podzahr |
Noun
editپادزهر • (pâdzahr) (plural پادزهرها (pâdzahr-hâ))
- antidote
- c. 1599, Baha al-Din al-Amili, “Section 5, Part 2”, in کشکول[1]:
- زهر را با تکیه به پادزهری که داری، منوش.
- zahr râ bâ takye be pâdzahri ke dâri, ma-nuš.
- Don't drink poison relying on the antidote that you have.
- اگر در بدن انسان هم سم با دوز خیلی کم وارد شود بدن پادزهر آن را میسازد
- If poison enters the body of a human in a very small dose the body will generate its antidote.
- bezoar
- Synonym: بنداک (bandâk)
Derived terms
edit- پادزهری (pâdzahri, “antidotal”)
Descendants
edit- → Ottoman Turkish: پانزهر (panzehir)
- Turkish: panzehir
- → Arabic: بَنْزَهِير (banzahīr, “lime”)
See also
editReferences
edit- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پادزهر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pādzahr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 63