𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *baywā́.

Numeral

𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡 • (bywr)

1. ten thousand

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bēwar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
• Boyce, Mary (1977) “bywr”, in A word-list of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Acta Iranica 9a, Série 3 – “Textes et mémoires”, vol. 2-supplément)‎^[1], with a reverse index by Ronald Zwanziger, Leiden, Tehran-Liège: E.J. Brill, Bibliothèque Pahlavi, page 30
• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “bywr”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 122b

Parthian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *baywr̥.

Numeral

𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡 • (bywr)

1. (Manichaean) ten thousand

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: բեւր (bewr), բիւր (biwr)
  • Armenian: բյուր (byur)
  • → Old Georgian: ბევრი (bevri) (or from Alanic)
    • Georgian: ბევრი (bevri)

References

• Boyce, Mary (1977) “bywr”, in A word-list of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Acta Iranica 9a, Série 3 – “Textes et mémoires”, vol. 2-supplément)‎^[2], with a reverse index by Ronald Zwanziger, Leiden, Tehran-Liège: E.J. Brill, Bibliothèque Pahlavi, page 30
• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “bywr”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 122b