گز

See also: کژ, کر, گر, کز, and كز

Chagatai

Etymology

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Noun

گز (gez)

1. time (occurrence)

Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡæz/

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gc /⁠gaz⁠/, “tamarisk”). Compare Old Armenian գազ (gaz, “milkvetch”), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

گز • (gaz)

1. tamarisk (Tamarix spp.)
2. tamarisk gum
3. milkvetch (Astragalus spp.)
4. gum tragacanth, tragacanth
5. a kind of confectionary which is a speciality of Isfahan and is similar to nougat, gaz – made from tragacanth and other gums of various manna trees
6. manna ash (Fraxinus ornus)

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: գազ (gaz), կազ (kaz)
• → Azerbaijani: gəz
• → Ottoman Turkish: گز (gez)
  • Turkish: gez
  • → Crimean Tatar: gez

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gt' /⁠gad⁠/, “rod, club”), from Proto-Iranian *gádaH, Proto-Indo-Iranian *gadaH (“club”).

Noun

گز • (gaz)

1. cubit, yard

Derived terms

• گز کردن (gaz kardan, “to measure in cubits”)
• خرگز (xar-gaz, “a rod to drive an ass or cattle”)

Descendants

• → Ashkun: gë́s
• → Armenian: գազ (gaz)
• → Gujarati: ગજ (gaj)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: गज़ (gaz)

  Urdu: گز (gaz)

  • → English: guz
  • → Burmese: ကိုက် (kuik)
• → Kamkata-viri: géć
• → Malay: gaz
  • Indonesian: gaz
• → Prasuni: gaz

References

• Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 195 Nr. 573