𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭫𐭩

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *pr̥tuš (compare Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬎 (pərətu, “bridge”), Northern Kurdish pir (“bridge”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tuš (compare Sanskrit पर (par, “over”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.[1]

Noun

𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭫𐭩 • (pwhly /puhl/)

  1. bridge

Descendants
  • Persian: پل/پول (pul/pūl)
  • → Mazanderani: پل (pel)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
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