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: [script needed] (gäväzä), [script needed] (läväzä)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “گوازه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գաւազան”, 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, page 526

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