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Middle Persian
- -𐭯𐭲 (-pt /-bed/)
- -𐭯𐭲𐭩 (-pty /-bed/) — Inscriptional Pahlavi
- -𐫁𐫏𐫅 (-byd /-bed/) — Manichaean
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *pátiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš, from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master”).
Suffix
-pt' • (/-bed/)
- lord, master
Descendants
- Persian: ـبد (-bad, -bed, -bod)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “-bed”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18