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yazd

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
yazd
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

A county of Iran, around the city.

name

A province of Iran.

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یزد (yazd), in turn derived from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭲𐭩 (yzdty /⁠yazd⁠/, “god, divinity”), from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (yazata, “yazata, (an entity that is) worthy of worship”). Doublet of yazata and yajata.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₁yaǵ-, 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭲𐭩, 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀

Questions

What does yazd mean?
A city in Iran, the seat of Yazd County's Central District and the capital of Yazd Province.
Where does yazd come from?
It is traced to Middle Persian.

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