pʾtzhl

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)

Descendants

Persian: پادزهر (pâdzahr), پازهر (pâzahr)
- > Hindustani:
  Urdu: پادزہر (pādzahr), پازہر (pāzahr)
- > Ottoman Turkish: پادزهر (pâdzehr)
  - Turkish: panzehir
> Arabic: بادزهر (bādzahr, bādizahr), بازهر (bāzahr), فادزهر (fādzahr)
- > Spanish: bezoar
  - > English: bezoar
- > French: bézoard

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pādzahr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 63
Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bezoar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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