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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (bcšk'), 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐 (bzyšk /bizešk/, “doctor, physician”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bišajkah. Compare Iranian borrowing Old Armenian բժիշկ (bžišk). Further related to Sanskrit भिषज्यति (bhiṣajyati, “to heal”), भिषज् (bhiṣaj, “curing; medicine; doctor”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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pizišk
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| Dari reading?
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pizišk
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| Iranian reading?
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pezešk
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| Tajik reading?
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pizišk
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Noun
| Dari
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پزشک
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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пизишк
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پِزِشْک • (pezešk) (plural پزشکان (pezeškân))
- doctor, physician
- Synonyms: دکتر (doktor), طبیب (tabib, Archaic or literary), حکیم (hakim, archaic)
Inflection
| Basic forms of پزشک (pezešk)
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singular
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plural
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| bare
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پزشک
(pezešk)
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پزشکان
(pezeškấn)
پزشکا △
(pezeškấ)
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| definitive direct object
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پزشک را
(pezešk râ)
پزشک رو △
(pezeško)
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پزشکان را
(pezeškấn râ)
پزشکا رو △
(pezeškấ ro)
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| ezâfe
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پزشک
(pezešk-e)
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پزشکان
(pezeškấn-e)
پزشکای △
(pezeškấ-ye)
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marked indefinite
or relative definite
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پزشکی
(pezešk-i)
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پزشکانی
(pezeškấn-i)
پزشکایی △
(pezeškấi)
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| △ Colloquial.
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Derived terms
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bizešk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 63