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)

1. bezoar
2. antidote

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.