پزشک

See also: ترسگ

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Dari Persian پزشک
Iranian Persian پزشک
Tajiki Persian пизишк (pizišk)

From Middle Persian bcšk' (bizešk, doctor, physician). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian bzyšk and Old Armenian բժիշկ (bžišk), an Iranian borrowing. Further related to Sanskrit भिषज्यति (bhiṣajyati, to heal), भिषज् (bhiṣaj, curing; medicine; doctor).

Noun

پزشک (pezešk) (plural پزشکان (pezeškân))

  1. doctor
  2. physician

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References

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