Where does “пайғамбар” come from?

пайғамбар (Tajik) comes from Persian پیغمبر, from Middle Persian pgtʾmbl, from Middle Persian -bl.

пайғамбар (Tajik): prophet

Definitions

  1. prophet

Ancestry of “пайғамбар”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianپیغمبرAlternative form of پیامبر
2Middle Persianpgtʾmblprophet
3Middle Persian-bl—
Every word from Middle Persian -bl →Every word from Middle Persian pgtʾmbl →Every word from Persian پیغمبر →
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