𐭣𐭯𐭩𐭥𐭥

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• 𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭠 (SPRA) (logogram)
• 𐭣𐭯𐭩𐭥 (dibīr)
• [script needed] (dpyr')
• [script needed] (dpywr')

Etymology

• From Elamite 𒁾𒉿𒊏 (tup-pi-ra), from earlier Elamite 𒋼𒅁𒂟 (te-ep-pir₂ /⁠teppir, tipir⁠/, “scribe, magistrate”), of disputed origin; deriving likely as an Elamite version of Akkadian 𒇽𒋛𒉿𒊒 (^LU₂si-pi-ru /⁠sepīru⁠/, “scribe”). Alternatively derived from Elamite 𒋼𒅁 (te-ep /⁠tep-, tip-,⁠/, “to form, to fashion? (bricks); to plow or furrow? (land); to engrave or inscribe, to write”), likely a result of phono-semantic matching, itself being a native variation and/or from Akkadian 𒁾 (DUB /⁠ṭuppu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub /⁠dub⁠/). Uncertain connections with Sumerian 𒁾𒊬 (dub-sar /⁠dubsar⁠/, “scribe”) and with Proto-Semitic *dVbur-/*ḏVbur- (“to speak, retell; to compose, to form, to make lines or layers; to lead and follow, to walk behind a plow”).
• By the way of an earlier [Term?] (/⁠dipīwar⁠/), from Old Persian *dipī-var-. Compare also [script needed] (dywʾn') and the oldest Elamite form 𒉈𒉿𒅕 (de₃-pi-ir) attested around 2250 BC.

Noun

𐭣𐭯𐭩𐭥𐭥 • (dpywr /dibīr/)

1. scribe

Descendants

• Persian: دبیر (dabir, debir)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دبیر (debîr)
• → Niya Prakrit: 𐨡𐨁𐨬𐨁𐨪 (divira)
• → Old Armenian: դպիր (dpir) (from some Middle Iranian language, possibly Middle Persian)
  • → Armenian: դպիր (dpir)