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ʿšnwhr

ʿšnwhr

Manichaean Middle Persian

Noun

ʿšnwhr (išnōhr)

  1. grace; gratitude

Derived terms

  • ʿšnwhryẖ / ʿšnwhryy

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “šnohr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 80
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 94a

Parthian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Old Armenian շնորհ (šnorh), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

ʿšnwhr (išnōhr)

  1. (Manichaean) grace; gratitude
    ʿšnwhr pdgyrw- ― to thank (literally, to accept goodness)

Derived terms

  • ʿšnwhrcn
  • ʿšnwhrg

References

  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 94a