هیربد

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hylpt' /⁠hērbed⁠/, “religious scholar”), borrowed from Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (aēθrapaⁱti, “teacher priest”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [heːɾ.ˈbuð], [heːɾ.ˈbað]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [heːɾ.bʊ́d̪], [heːɾ.bǽd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [heːɾ.bʊ́d̪], [heːɾ.bǽd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔeːɾ.bʊ́d̪], [ʔeːɾ.bǽd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔeːɾ.búd̪̥], [ʔeːɾ.bǽd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hiːɹ.bód̪̥], [hiːɹ.bǽd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [heɾ.búd̪], [heɾ.bǽd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	hērbuḏ, hērbaḏ
Dari reading?	hērbud, hērbad
Iranian reading?	hirbod, hirbad
Tajik reading?	herbud, herbad

Noun

هیربد • (hirbod) (plural هیربدان (hirbodân))

1. (Zoroastrianism) lowest-ranking Zoroastrian priest

   Coordinate terms: موبد (mowbed), دستور (dastur)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “هیربد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim