ܕܣܬܒܪܗܡܕܕ dstbrhmdd a title
According to Khurshudian (1998, 94), the Syr. word is a rendering of MP *dastwarhamdād, or *dastwarhamdādestān the judge who makes juridical decisions; in this case, the first element of the compound corresponds to MP dastwar [dstwbl] authorithy, priest, minister (CPD 25; see also the next entry); Sogd. δstβʾr; NP dastūr a prime minister, vazīr, senator, councillor of state (Steingass 525), whereas the second element seems to be related to MP hamdādestān agreeable, of the same opinion (CPD 40), NP ham-dāstān of the same advice (Steingass 1509). — Cf. Talm. Aram. dystwrʾ, var. dsṭwrn rent, rental conditions (Telegdi 240, 53) ← MP dastwar. See also Hübschmann 1895, 99 ● Hoffmann 1880, 51