موبد

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See also: مؤبد

Persian

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Etymology

From [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwpt' /⁠mowbed⁠/) with the same meaning, from Proto-Iranian *magu-pati- (literally “head of the Magi”). For the constituents see مغ (moğ) and بد (-bed). Doublet of مغ‌بد‎ (moğ-bed). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian մոգպետ (mogpet), մովպետան մովպետ (movpetan movpet), մուբիտան մուբիտ (mubitan mubit), Classical Syriac ܡܘܒܕ (mawbed), ܡܘܗܦܛܐ (mawhəp̄āṭā).

Noun

موبد • (mowbed, mubed)

  1. mobad, a Zoroastrian priest

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 121–122
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 122
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