Xwedodah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (hwytw(k)ds /⁠xwēdōdah⁠⁠/), not attested in Classical Persian. Compare Iranian Persian خویدودِه (xidude), a learned borrowing.

Proper noun

Xwedodah

  1. (Zoroastrianism, historical) A type of consanguine marriage practiced before the Muslim conquest of Persia.
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