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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/bišajkah

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From *bišaj +‎ *-kah.

Noun

*bišajkah [1]

  1. doctor, physician

Descendants
  • Northwestern Iranian: *bizaškah (with metathesis)
    • Kurdish: bijişk, pizişk
    • Parthian:
      Manichaean: 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐‎ (bzyšk /bizešk/)
    • → Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bcšk' /bizešk/)
      • Persian: پزشک‎ (pezešk)
      • Tajik: пизишк (pizišk)
    • → Old Armenian: բժիշկ (bžišk)
  • Southwestern Iranian: *bišadkah
    • Middle Persian: (/bišehk/)
      Manichaean: 𐫁𐫢𐫏𐫍𐫐‎ (bšyhk), 𐫁𐫢𐫏𐫍𐫞‎ (bšyhq)

References
  1. Nyberg, H. S. (1974), “bizišk”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 48
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