ܦܪܕܝܢ prdyn, ܦܲܐܪܕܝܼܢ pʾrdyn pardin 1. leopard; 2. tetter, dry scab
OIr. *pard- spotted, wild animal (Mayrhofer EWA 2, 133), but the formation of the word is unclear; cf. Sogd. pwrδnk, Pashto pr̥āng; MP palang leopard (CPD 64); NP palang, palank a leopard, a panther; a giraffe; anything of a motley colour (Steingass 255; Horn 72); OInd. pr̥dāku- id. (probably from Iranian); Gr. LW πάρδαλις, later πάρδος (Frisk II 473); Lat. pardus; see also s.v. ʾštwrgwplng ● leopard Th Marg 1, 247, 4; Cat Wr 2, 1193a; EN 43, 73; BB 1604, 10; Jšdd 23 n. 4; tetter, dry scab Dion T 4, 216, 2; 217, 3 ◆ LS 593b; PS Suppl. 273