wʾčʾlkʾn'

Middle Persian

Etymology

From wʾčʾl (/wāzār/) +‎ -kʾn' (/(a)gān/). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian wʾčʾrgʾn (wāzār(a)gān) and Old Armenian վաճառական (vačaṙakan), Iranian borrowing.

Noun

wʾčʾlkʾn' • (/wāzār(a)gān/)

  1. merchant

Derived terms
  • wʾčʾlkʾnyh (/wāzār(a)gānīh/, “trade”)

Descendants
  • Persian: بازارگان‎ (bâzârgân), بازرگان‎ (bâzargân)
    • Tajik: бозаргон (bozargon)
    • → Hindustani:
    • → Ottoman Turkish: بازرگان‎ (bâzergân)
      • Turkish: bezirgân
        • → Armenian: Բեզիրգանյան (Bezirganyan)
      • → Serbo-Croatian: bazèrdžān, базѐрџа̄н

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