wʾčʾlkʾn'

Middle Persian

Etymology

From wʾčʾl (/⁠wāzār⁠/) +‎ -kʾn' (/⁠(a)gān⁠/). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian wʾčʾrgʾn (wāzār(a)gān) and Old Armenian վաճառական (vačaṙakan), Iranian borrowing.

Noun

wʾčʾlkʾn' • (/wāzār(a)gān/)

1. merchant

Derived terms

• wʾčʾlkʾnyh (/⁠wāzār(a)gānīh⁠/, “trade”)

Descendants

• Persian: بازارگان (bâzârgân), بازرگان (bâzargân)
  • Tajik: бозаргон (bozargon)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Urdu: بازرگان (bāzargān)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بازرگان (bâzergân)
    • Turkish: bezirgân
      • → Armenian: Բեզիրգանյան (Bezirganyan)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: bazèrdžān, базѐрџа̄н

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wāzāragān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press