See also: عار, غار, and عاز

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
صِمَام غَاز

From French gaz, from Dutch gas.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

غَاز (ḡāzm (plural غَازَات (ḡāzāt))

  1. gas
  2. gas; gasoline; petrol; kerosene
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Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
غ ز و (ḡ-z-w)

Derived from the active participle of the verb غَزَا (ḡazā).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

غَازٍ (ḡāzinm (construct state غَازِي (ḡāzī), plural غَازُونَ (ḡāzūna) or غُزَاة (ḡuzāh))

  1. raider, invader, conqueror
  2. warrior, ghazi
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Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: qazi
  • Ottoman Turkish: غازی
  • Persian: غازی
  • Uyghur: غازى (ghazi)
  • Uzbek: gʻozi

Adjective edit

غَازٍ (ḡāzin) (informal غَازِي (ḡāzī), feminine غَازِيَة (ḡāziya), masculine plural غَازُونَ (ḡāzūna), feminine plural غَازِيَات (ḡāziyāt))

  1. active participle of غَزَا (ḡazā)
  2. (botany, zoology) invasive
    أَنْوَاع غَازِيَةʔanwāʕ ḡāziyainvasive species
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

A Turkic borrowing: compare Ottoman Turkish قاز (qaz), Azerbaijani qaz.[1] Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kāŕ.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? ğāz
Dari reading? ğāz
Iranian reading? ğâz
Tajik reading? ġoz

Noun edit

Dari غاز
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғоз

غاز (ğâz)

  1. goose (bird)

References edit

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎[1] (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1389, pages 385–387

Uyghur edit

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic غاز
Latin ghaz
Cyrillic

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kāŕ (goose).

Noun edit

غاز (ghaz) (plural غازلار (ghazlar))

  1. goose