پادزهر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑːð.ˈzahɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːd̪.zǽɦɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːd̪.zǽɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔːd̪.zǽɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːd̪.zǽɦɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔd̪.zǽɦɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	pāḏzahr
Dari reading^?	pādzahr
Iranian reading^?	pâdzahr
Tajik reading^?	podzahr

Noun

پادزهر • (pâdzahr) (plural پادزهرها (pâdzahr-hâ))

bezoar
antidote
If poison enters the body of a human in a very small dose the body will generate its antidote.

Related terms

پاد (pâd-)
زهر (zahr)

Descendants

Turkish: panzehir

See also

درمان (darmân, “remedy, medicine”)
دارو (dâru, “medicine, drug”)
تریاق (taryâq, “antidote, theriac”)
چاره (čâre, “help, remedy”)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پادزهر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pādzahr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 63

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