ܐܘܙܪܕܢܐ wzrdnʾ spice-box
Reborrowing: ܐܸܨܵܪ̈ܐܸ ʾṣrʾ eṣārē (plur.) condiments, spices
MP *ōzārdān, a compound of MP *ōzār spices + suff. -dān -holder, -container (Iranian origin suggested by Telegdi 224, 1). The compound is attested in NP abzārdān spice-box, pepper-caster (Steingass 8); afzārdān a vessel wherein they keep seasonings for meat, a spicery-box (ibid. 82); avzārdān, awzārdān spicery or pepperbox (ibid. 120). According to Telegdi, MP *ōzār comes from OIr. *abičāra-; see also ManParth. ʾʾbcʾr, ʾbcr, ʾʾbjʾr /ābār/ materials, means (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 4 and 8 f.); NP afzār, avzār, awzār spiceries, hot seasonings (ibid. 82 and 120). Henning (1958, 39 n. 4) holds that in NP afzār merged two different OIr. word, namely OIr. *upačāra- and OIr. *abičarna-; the latter word is also witnessed by Arm. LW aučaṙ means, remedy. — Talm. Aram. ʾbzrʾ (Telegdi 224, 1). See also s.v. ʾṣrʾ ● BB 89,13 (not recorded in LS)