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Middle Persian
Etymology
From pʾt (/pād/) + zhl (/zahr/). The first part is from the Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹 (p-a-di-y /pādiy/), from Proto-Iranian *paH-, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”). The second part is from Old Persian *𐎩𐎰𐎼 (*j-θ-r /*jaθra-/), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-tro-, from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay, kill”).
Noun
pʾtzhl • (pādzahr)
- bezoar
- antidote
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