𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *baywā́.

Numeral

𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡 • (bywr)

  1. ten thousand

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bēwar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
  • Boyce, Mary (1977) “bywr”, in A word-list of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Acta Iranica 9a, Série 3 – “Textes et mémoires”, vol. 2-supplément), with a reverse index by Ronald Zwanziger, Leiden, Tehran-Liège: E.J. Brill, Bibliothèque Pahlavi, page 30
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “bywr”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 122b

Parthian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *baywr̥.

Numeral

𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡 • (bywr)

  1. (Manichaean) ten thousand

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: բեւր (bewr), բիւր (biwr)

References

  • Boyce, Mary (1977) “bywr”, in A word-list of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Acta Iranica 9a, Série 3 – “Textes et mémoires”, vol. 2-supplément), with a reverse index by Ronald Zwanziger, Leiden, Tehran-Liège: E.J. Brill, Bibliothèque Pahlavi, page 30
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “bywr”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 122b
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