گوازه
Persian
Alternative forms
- گواز (gavāz)
- کوازه (kavāza)
- غباز (ğabāz)
- غبازه (ğabāza)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws + *h₂eǵ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬰𐬀 (gauuāza, “ox-goad”), Sanskrit गवजन (gavájana, “whip, stick for driving cattle”) and Old Armenian գաւազան (gawazan) (a loanword).
Pronunciation
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [ɡʲævɒːˈze]
Noun
گوازه • (gavāza) (plural گوازهها (gavāza-hâ))
- ox-goad
Synonyms
- گاوزنه (gāvzana)
- خرگواز (xargavāz)
Descendants
- Arabic: جواز (jawāz), جوازق (jawāzaq)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܒ݂ܲܙܵܐ (gavāza), ܠܵܒ݂ܲܙܵܐ (lavāza)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “گوازه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գաւազան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 526