پزشک
See also: ترسگ
Persian
Alternative forms
- بزشک (bezešk), بجشک (beješk) (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bcšk'), 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐 (bzyšk /bizešk/, “doctor, physician”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bišajkah. Compare Iranian borrowing Old Armenian բժիշկ (bžišk). Further related to Sanskrit भिषज्यति (bhiṣajyati, “to heal”), भिषज् (bhiṣaj, “curing; medicine; doctor”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /pi.ˈziʃk/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɪ.zɪʃk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰe.zeʃkʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰi.ziʃk]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pizišk |
| Dari reading? | pizišk |
| Iranian reading? | pezešk |
| Tajik reading? | pizišk |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
| Dari | پزشک |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | пизишк |
پِزِشْک • (pezešk) (plural پزشکان)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| bare | پزشک (pezešk) | پزشکان، پزشکا△ (pezeškấn, pezeškấ△) |
| definitive direct object | پزشک را، پزشک رو△ (pezešk râ, pezeško△) | پزشکان را، پزشکا رو△ (pezeškấn râ, pezeškấ ro△) |
| ezâfe | پزشک (pezešk-e) | پزشکان، پزشکای△ (pezeškấn-e, pezeškấ-ye△) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
پزشکی (pezešk-i) | پزشکانی، پزشکایی△ (pezeškấn-i, pezeškấi△) |
△ Colloquial.
Derived terms
- پزشکی (pezeški, “healing”)
- چشمپزشک (češm-pezešk, “ophthalmologist”)
- دندانپزشک (dandân-pezešk, “dentist”)
- روانپزشک (ravân-pezešk, “psychiatrist”)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bizešk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 63