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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