𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡

Middle Persian

Etymology

    From Old Persian *baivaram, 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)‎[1], 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)‎[2], 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