Etymograph

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Yazd

Yazd comes from Classical Persian یزد, from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭲𐭩 ‘god, divinity’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- ‘to worship, revere, sacrifice’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-‘to worship, revere, sacrifice’root as named · steps between not traced
  2. Avestanmodern𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀yazata‘yazata, worthy of worship’
  3. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭲𐭩yzdty /⁠yazd⁠/‘god, divinity’
  4. Classical Persianc. 900–presentیزدyazd
  5. EnglishtodayYazd

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-‘to worship, revere, sacrifice’root as named · steps between not traced
  2. Avestanmodern𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀yazata‘yazata, worthy of worship’
  3. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭲𐭩yzdty /⁠yazd⁠/‘god, divinity’
  4. Classical Persianc. 900–presentیزدyazd
  5. EnglishtodayYazd

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- ‘to worship, revere, sacrifice’

dinner, dine, 9 more

Today it means

name A city in Iran, the seat of Yazd County's Central District and the capital of Yazd Province.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- / Yazd

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