ـبد

Persian

Alternative forms

ـبذ (-baz, -bez, -boz) (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Persian -pt' (-bed), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš (compare Old Armenian պետ (pet), an Iranian borrowing), from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /‿ˈbad/, /‿ˈbid/, /‿ˈbud/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [‿bäd̪], [‿bɪd̪], [‿bʊd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [‿bäd̪], [‿bɪd̪], [‿bʊd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [‿bäd̪̥], [‿bid̪̥], [‿bud̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [‿bæd̪̥], [‿bed̪̥], [‿bod̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [‿bäd̪], [‿bid̪], [‿bud̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	-bad, -bid, -bud
Dari reading^?	-bad, -bid, -bud
Iranian reading^?	-bad, -bed, -bod
Tajik reading^?	-bad, -bid, -bud

Suffix

ـبد • (-bad, -bed, -bod)

-lord, -master

Derived terms

ارتشبد (artešbod, “colonel general”)
اسپبد (aspbod, “aspbed, aspet”)
دریابد (daryâbod, “admiral”)
سپهبد (sepahbod, “lieutenant general”)
موبد (mubad, “mobad; middle-ranking Zoroastrian priest”)
هیربد (hirbad, “herbad; low-ranking Zoroastrian priest”)
کهبد (kohbod, “treasurer”)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “-bed”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18