گیج
Persian
Etymology
Cognate with Bakhtiari [script needed] (gēz, “mad”), Northern Kurdish gêj (“dizzy”). Compare also the Iranian borrowings: Middle Armenian գիժ (giž), Georgian გიჟი (giži), Assyrian Neo-Aramaic [script needed] (giž, gič), Udi ҝиж (gʲiž).
The Persian is probably borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian language, rather than inherited.
Adjective
گیج • (gij)
- dizzy
- distracted, confused
- stupid, foolish
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գիժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 554b
- Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 160