hezar

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

  • hizar

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hajáhram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-ǵʰéslom.

Indo-Iranian cognates include Central Kurdish ھەزار (hezar), Baluchi ہزار (hazár), Persian هزار (hazâr), Pashto زر (zër), Ossetian ӕрзӕ (ærzæ), and Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra). Akin to Old Armenian հազար (hazar), a Middle Iranian borrowing.

Numeral

hezar

  1. thousand