English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedOriginal meaning: not settled in the sources.
Cognate with Middle Persian ๐ญฏ๐ญช๐ญฅ๐ญฅ๐ญฉ (pkwry /โ Pakurโ /). Of uncertain origin. According to Schmitt, perhaps a hypocoristic from Old Iranian *Pak-ura- formed from the root *pak- (โto cookโ), whence Persian ูพุฎุชู (poxtan).
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- Wiktionary: ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญCC-BY-SA-4.0 ยท retrieved 2026-10-15

