گرز

See also: گزر‎, كرز‎, and ك ر ر‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wlz /warz/, “mace”), from earlier [script needed] (wzl /wazr/), from Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬀‎ (vazra, “mace; main weapon of Mithra”), from Proto-Iranian *wájrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras. Cognate with Sanskrit वज्र (vájra) and akin to Old Armenian վարզ (varz, “mace”).

Noun

Iranian Persian	گرز
Dari	گرز
Tajik	гурз (gurz)

گرز • (gorz) (plural گرزها‎ (gorz-hâ))

mace, club

Synonyms

گرزه‎ (gorze)
کوپال‎ (kupâl)

Descendants

→ Armenian: գուրզ (gurz)
→ Ottoman Turkish: كرز‎
- Turkish: gürz
→ Urdu: گرز‎
- Chagatai: گرز‎
→ Kazakh: гүрзі (gürzı) → Kazakh: күрзі (kürzı)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “warz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “گرز+gurz”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

An Indo-Persian گرز (gurz, "mace", "club") from the 17^th century

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (gurz), itself from Middle Persian [script needed] (wlz /warz/, “mace”), from earlier [script needed] (wzl /wazr/), from Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬀‎ (vazra, “mace; main weapon of Mithra”), from Proto-Iranian *wájrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras. Cognate with Sanskrit वज्र (vájra, “hard; the mace of Indra; thunderbolt; diamond”), Erzya: узере (uzere, “axe”) and Northern Sami: veahčir (“hammer”). Related to بزرگ‎ (“elder”) and its Persian source ‎ (“great, large”). In the Indo-Persian tradition, it became associated with lightning-bolts, thunder and storms. It became a metaphor for strength and force as well, especially in relation to the warrior and fighter.

Noun

گرز • (gurz) ?

club, mace
lightning bolt, thunderbolt
thunder, thunderstorm
strength, might, vigor
power, force
a weapon wielded by Faridun in the Shahnameh

Derived terms

گُرْزبازی‎ (gurzbazī)
گُرْزبَرْدار‎ (gurz-bárdār)
گُرْزدار‎ (gurzdār)
گُرْزِگاوْسَر/گاؤسَر‎ (gurz-e-gāvsár/gurz-e-gāosár)
گُرْزگیر‎ (gurzgīr)