یزد
Persian
regional
Definitions
- Yazd (city in Iran)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭲𐭩 (god, divinity) derived from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (worthy of worship, yazata, worthy of devotion, worthy of reverence) root from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁ǵ- (revere, worship, sacrifice).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yeh₁ǵ-
Gloss
revere, worship, sacrifice
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yazd English
- hagio- English
- hagiography English
- yazata English
- ἅγιος Ancient Greek
- *h₁yaǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁yaǵ-nó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *yeh₁ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- यज्ञ Sanskrit
- ایزد Persian
- ایزدی Persian
- یزد Ottoman Turkish
- ایزدی Urdu
- yẕdʾn' Middle Persian
- 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭲𐭩 Middle Persian
- 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 Avestan