Middle Persian

Noun

wʾčʾlkʾn' • ‎(wāzār(a)gān)

1. merchant

Derived terms

• wʾčʾlkʾnyh ‎(wāzār(a)gānīh, “trade”)

Descendants

• Persian: بازارگان ‎(bâzârgân), بازرگان ‎(bâzargân)
  • Tajik: бозаргон ‎(bozargon)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Urdu: بازرگان ‎(bāzargān)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بازرگان ‎(bâzergân)
    • Turkish: bezirgân
      • → Armenian: Բեզիրգանյան ‎(Bezirganyan)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: bazèrdžān / базѐрџа̄н

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “wāzāragān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press