مزد

See also: مرد

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

مزد • (mizd, mazd) m

  1. Alternative form of مز (mizz, mazz)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (myzd /⁠mizd⁠/), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *miždám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós.[1] Cognate with Talysh مژد (məžd), Ossetian мызд (myzd), Avestan 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀 (mīžda), and further with Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós), German Miete.

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 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 746
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