گز

See also: کژ, کر, گر, کز, and كز

Chagatai

Etymology

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Noun

گز (gez) (plural گزلار)

  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
  • → English: gaz
  • → 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. rod
  2. measuring rod
  3. cubit, yard
Derived terms
  • گز کردن (gaz kardan, “to measure in cubits”)
  • خرگز (xar-gaz, “a rod to drive an ass or cattle”)
Descendants

References

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