Persian

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Etymology

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From a dialectal form of Armenian բազուկ (bazuk, beet).

Noun

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پازو (pâzu)

  1. beet, beetroot

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “բազուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 377ab
  • Asatryan, Gaṙnik (1990) “Ardyokʻ ka?n haykakan pʻoxaṙutʻyunner nor parskerenum [Are There Armenian Borrowings in New Persian?]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 3, page 143 of 139–144