Etymology

Yazd

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Today it means: A city in Iran, the seat of Yazd County's Central District and the capital of Yazd Province. Full definition →

Classical Persian یزد ← Middle Persian 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭲𐭩 ← Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀
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The story

  1. Avestan · derived from𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀“yazata, (an entity that is) worthy of worship”
  2. Middle Persian · derived from𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭲𐭩“god, divinity”
  3. Classical Persian · borrowed fromیزد
  4. English todayYazd

Borrowed from Classical Persian یزد (yazd), in turn derived from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭲𐭩 (yzdty /⁠yazd⁠/, “god, divinity”), from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (yazata, “yazata, (an entity that is) worthy of worship”). Doublet of yazata and yajata.

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