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Middle Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from either Bactrian Βοδδο (Boddo), Βουδο (Boudo, “Buddha”) or Sogdian (bwt /but/, “Buddha”), perhaps through Gandhari 𐨦𐨂𐨢 (budha), ultimately from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫤 (bwt /but/).
Noun
bwt' • (but)
- Buddha
- idol
- Āyātkār i Žāmāspīk (VIII;51), cited in
(please add the primary text of this usage example)- (...) martomān i-š andar bavēnd, kirrōk (u) nēzūmān u bārīk vēnišn ēstāt bavēnd, but paristēnd; ka mīrēnd druvand hēnd.
- (...) its people artisan and skillful and discerning (narrow-eyed?); they worship the idol and they are sinful in other world.
Descendants
- Persian: بت (bot, “idol”)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “but”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 20