ارزیز

Persian

Alternative forms

ارجیج (arjīj / arjij) (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾlcyc (arzīz, “tin, lead”) (Manichaean Middle Persian ʾrzyz). Akin to Middle Armenian արճիճ (arčič, “lead”), an Iranian borrowing. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Iranian *arjata- (“silver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaɾ.ˈziːz/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ziːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ziːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ziz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹ.ziːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ziz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	arzīz
Dari reading^?	arzīz
Iranian reading^?	arziz
Tajik reading^?	arziz

Noun

ارزیز • (arzīz / arziz) (Tajik spelling арзиз)

tin
Synonym: قلع (qal')

References

^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 231