مزد

See also: مرد‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (myzd /mizd/), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *miždám (compare Ossetian мызд (myzd), Avestan 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀‎ (mīžda)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós.[1]

Noun

مزد • (mozd)

  1. wage, pay
  2. reward
  3. hire

Derived terms

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “mizdhó-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 746
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