𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡
Middle Persian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *baywā́.
Numeral
𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡 • (bywr)
- 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), 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)
- (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), 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