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bywr
bywr
Manichaean Middle Persian
Numeral
bywr (bēwar)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bēwar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
- Boyce, Mary (1977), “bywr”, in A word-list of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Acta Iranica 9a, Série 3 – “Textes et mémoires”, vol. 2-supplément), with a reverse index by Ronald Zwanziger, Leiden, Tehran-Liège: E.J. Brill, Biliothèque Pahlavi, page 30
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “bywr”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 122b
Parthian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *baiwar-.
Numeral
bywr (bēwar)
- (Manichaean) ten thousand
References
- Boyce, Mary (1977), “bywr”, in A word-list of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Acta Iranica 9a, Série 3 – “Textes et mémoires”, vol. 2-supplément), with a reverse index by Ronald Zwanziger, Leiden, Tehran-Liège: E.J. Brill, Biliothèque Pahlavi, page 30
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “bywr”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 122b