The text makes multiple etymological and usage claims about Persian «درود», «بدرود», and the idiom «دوصد بدرود». Web checks support the broad semantic descriptions (درود as a salutation/blessing; بدرود as a farewell) and provide some secondary support for an Old Iranian backstory for «درود». However, several high-specificity historical-linguistic claims (the precise PIE root *deru-, the exact Avestan form/meaning as written, and the asserted Middle Persian form/semantic package) were not confirmable from robust primary/authoritative sources within targeted research. The result is a mixed reliability profile: plausible overall, but with overconfident specifics and weak sourcing for the deepest etymology.

What checked out (3)

• In modern Persian usage, «درود» functions as a salutation (a greeting/blessing) and is used widely in classical Persian texts (e.g., examples are commonly cited in lexicographic sources).
• «بدرود» is used as a word for farewell/goodbye in Persian.
• Lexicographic sources (e.g., Dehkhoda via Vajehyab) gloss «درود» with senses tied to salutation/blessing/benediction (صلوات/سلام/تحیات) rather than a narrow everyday 'hello' only.

• «درود» ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *deru- (‘sturdy/firm/tree’) and shifted semantically into ‘health/wellbeing’ in Iranian.
• The Avestan equivalent is exactly «دْرْوَتْ» (Drvat) meaning ‘correct/healthy/sound’, as stated (both the form and gloss as presented).
• In Middle Persian (Pahlavi) the word is attested exactly as «دْرُودْ» (Drōd) with the specific bundled meaning ‘health, wellbeing, blessing’ as stated.
• The analysis that «بدرود» is transparently ‘بِ (short for به) + درود’ meaning ‘go/be with health’ (the morphological decomposition may be plausible, but authoritative etymological confirmation was not located in the conducted searches).
• «دوصد بدرود» is a recognised set phrase with a typical pragmatic meaning of humorous or sarcastic hyperbole in contemporary Persian (evidence located was insufficient and not from authoritative phraseological references).

Confidence

Medium — Moderate confidence in adjudicating present-day meaning/usage claims because reputable lexicographic interfaces corroborate them. Lower confidence on deep etymology claims (PIE/Avestan/Middle Persian specifics) because the targeted web research did not surface sufficiently authoritative, directly supportive sources for the exact forms and derivational steps stated; these were therefore marked Unverified rather than False.

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ریشه شناسی واژه درود پهلوی درود drōd

• https://aspirantum.com/blog/hello-in-persian
• https://vajehyab.com/dehkhoda/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF-5
• https://www.parsianjoman.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/A-Concise-Pahlavi-Dictionary.pdf

Avestan drvat meaning healthy correct drvat- etymology

• https://www.avesta.org/alang.htm
• https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/dravat

Etymology of Persian بدرود be-dorud from be + dorud

• https://vajehyab.com/dehkhoda/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF?q=%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D...
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF

"دوصد بدرود" meaning usage Persian phrase

لغتنامه دهخدا درود تندرستی دروت پهلوی

• https://vajehyab.com/dehkhoda/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF-5
• https://vajehyab.com/dehkhoda/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86

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