bywl

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Middle Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *baywā́.

Numeral

bywl (bēwar)

  1. myriad, ten thousand
    bywl spʾhbēwar spāhan army of 20000 men

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bēwar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “bēvar”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 47b