pʾtzhl

pʾtzhl

Middle Persian

Etymology

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

pʾtzhl • (pādzahr)

1. bezoar
2. antidote

Descendants

• Persian: پادزهر‎ (pâdzahr), پازهر‎ (pâzahr)
  • > Hindustani:

    Urdu: پادزہر‎ (pādzahr), پازہر‎ (pāzahr)

  • > Ottoman Turkish: پادزهر‎ (pâdzehr)
    • Turkish: panzehir
• > Arabic: بادزهر‎ (bādzahr, bādizahr), بازهر‎ (bāzahr), فادزهر‎ (fādzahr)
  • > Spanish: bezoar
    • > English: bezoar
  • > French: bézoard

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “pādzahr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 63
• http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=bezoar