پادزهر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑːð.ˈzahɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːd̪.zǽɦɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːd̪.zǽɦɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːd̪.zǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔːd̪.zǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːd̪.zǽɦɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔd̪.zǽɦɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	pāḏzahr
Dari reading?	pādzahr
Iranian reading?	pâdzahr
Tajik reading?	podzahr

Noun

پادزهر • (pâdzahr) (plural پادزهرها (pâdzahr-hâ))

1. bezoar
2. antidote

   اگر در بدن انسان هم سم با دوز خیلی کم وارد شود بدن ضد و پادزهر آن را می سازد

   If poison enters the body of a human in a very small dose the body will generate its antidote.

Related terms

• پاد (pâd-)
• زهر (zahr)

Descendants

• Turkish: panzehir

See also

• درمان (darmân, “remedy, medicine”)
• دارو (dâru, “medicine, drug”)
• تریاق (taryâq, “antidote, theriac”)
• چاره (čâre, “help, remedy”)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پادزهر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pādzahr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 63