ـبد

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Persian

Alternative forms

ـبذ (-baz, -bez, -boz) (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Persian -pt' (-bed), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš (compare Old Armenian պետ (pet), an Iranian borrowing), from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): , ,

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): , ,
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): , ,
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): , ,

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): , ,

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): , ,

Readings
Classical reading^?
Dari reading^?
Iranian reading^?
Tajik reading^?

Suffix

ـبد • (-bad, -bed, -bod)

-lord, -master

Derived terms

ارتشبد (artešbod, “colonel general”)
سپهبد (sepahbod, “lieutenant general”)
دریابد (daryâbod, “admiral”)
اسپبد (aspbod, “aspbed, aspet”)
کهبد (kohbod, “treasurer”)
موبد (mubad, “mobad; middle-ranking Zoroastrian priest”)
هیربد (hirbad, “herbad; low-ranking Zoroastrian priest”)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “-bed”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18

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