pʾtzhl
Middle Persian edit
Etymology edit
From pʾt (/pād/) + zhl (/zahr/). The first part is from the Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹 (p-a-di-y /pādiy/), from Proto-Iranian *paH-, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”). The second part is from Old Persian *𐎩𐎰𐎼 (*j-θ-r /*jaθra-/), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-tro-, from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay, kill”).
Noun edit
pʾtzhl • (pādzahr)
Descendants edit
- Persian: پادزهر (pâdzahr), پازهر (pâzahr)
- > Arabic: بادزهر (bādzahr, bādizahr), بازهر (bāzahr), فادزهر (fādzahr)
References edit
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pādzahr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 63
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bezoar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.