پزشک

See also: ترسگ‎

Persian

Alternative forms

بزشک‎ (bezešk), بجشک‎ (beješk) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bcšk'), 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐‎ (bzyšk /bizešk/, “doctor, physician”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bišajkah. Compare Iranian borrowing Old Armenian բժիշկ (bžišk). Further related to Sanskrit भिषज्यति (bhiṣajyati, “to heal”), भिषज् (bhiṣaj, “curing; medicine; doctor”).

Pronunciation

Vocalised Persian: پِزِشک

Iranian Persian	پزشک
Dari	پزشک
Tajik	пизишк (pizišk)

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /piziʃk/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /pɪzɪʃk/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /pezeʃk/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /piziʃk/

Noun

پزشک • (pezešk) (plural پزشکان‎ (pezeškân))

doctor, physician
Synonyms: دکتر‎ (doktor), طبیب‎ (tabib, somewhat literary), حکیم‎ (hakim, archaic)

Inflection

Basic forms of پزشک (pezešk)
	singular	plural
bare	پزشک (pezešk)	پزشکان (pezeškấn) پزشکا ^△ (pezeškấ)
definitive direct object	پزشک را (pezešk râ) پزشک رو ^△ (pezeško)	پزشکان را (pezeškấn râ) پزشکا رو ^△ (pezeškấ ro)
ezâfe	پزشک (pezešk-e)	پزشکان (pezeškấn-e) پزشکای ^△ (pezeškấ-ye)
marked indefinite or relative definite	پزشکی (pezešk-i)	پزشکانی (pezeškấn-i) پزشکایی ^△ (pezeškấi)
^△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

پزشکی‎ (pezeški, “healing”)
چشم‌پزشک‎ (češm-pezešk, “ophthalmologist”)
دندان‌پزشک‎ (dandân-pezešk, “dentist”)
روان‌پزشک‎ (ravân-pezešk, “psychiatrist”)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bizešk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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