-pt'

See also: pt, Pt, PT, pT, pt., .pt, p.t, and p.t.

Middle Persian

Alternative forms
  • -𐭯𐭲 (-pt /⁠-bed⁠/)
  • -𐭯𐭲𐭩 (-pty /⁠-bed⁠/) — Inscriptional Pahlavi
  • -𐫁𐫏𐫅 (-byd /⁠-bed⁠/) — Manichaean

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *pátiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš, from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master”).

Suffix

-pt' • (/-bed/)

  1. lord, master

Descendants
  • Persian: بد (-bad, -bed, -bod)

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “-bed”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
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