مزد

See also: مرد

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

مزد • (mizd, mazd) m

1. Alternative form of مز (mizz, mazz)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (myzd /⁠mizd⁠/), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *miždám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós. Cognate with Talysh مژد (məžd), Ossetian мызд (myzd), Avestan 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀 (mīžda), and further with Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós), German Miete.

Noun

مزد • (mozd)

1. wage, pay
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 576:

     چیست مزد کار من دیدار یار
     گر چه خود بو بکر بخشد چل هزار

     čīst muzd-i kār-i man dīdār-i yār
     gar či xwad Bū Bakr baxšad čil hazār

     What are the wages for my work? The sight of the Friend (God),
     even though Abú Bakr give me forty thousand (dirhems).

2. reward
3. hire

Derived terms

• دستمزد (dastmozd)

Related terms

• مزدور (mozdur)