ܕܺܝܙܕܳܪܳܐ dyzdrʾ dizdārā fortress-holder
MP *dizdār; NP dizdār governor of a castle or fort (Steingass 518); the first term corresponds to MP diz [KLYTA, dc] fortress (CPD 26), ManMP dyz fortress, fort (Durkin-Meisterenst 2004, 153), NP diz fortress, castle, city (Steingass 518); the second element is the MP suffixoid -dār [-dʾl] -holder, -keeper (CPD 24), ManMP -dʾr, NP -dār (see § 9.3.2); cf. OP *dizā̆ka-, < Median *dizā-, OP diδā- wall, stronghold, fortress (Kent 1953, 191; Hinz 1975, 88). See also the compound MP Inscr. dizbed <dzpty>, Parth. Inscr. dizbed <dyzpty> lord of a castle, OIr. *diza-pati- (Median): cf. Huyse 1999/2, 160; Khurshudian 1998, 61 and 137 ● Bh chr 341, 11 ◆ LS 148b; Lagarde GA 31, 77