Etymology

Xwedodah

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Today it means: A type of consanguine marriage practiced before the Muslim conquest of Persia. Full definition →

Middle Persian [script needed]
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  1. Middle Persian · borrowed from[script needed]
  2. English todayXwedodah

Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (hwytw(k)ds /⁠xwēdōdah⁠⁠/), not attested in Classical Persian. Compare Iranian Persian خویدودِه (xidude), a learned borrowing.

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