گرز

See also: گزر, كرز, and ك ر ر

Persian edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wlz /⁠warz⁠/, “mace”), from earlier [script needed] (wzl /⁠wazr⁠/), from Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬀 (vazra, “mace; main weapon of Mithra”), from Proto-Iranian *wájrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras. Cognate with Sanskrit वज्र (vájra) and akin to Old Armenian վարզ (varz, “mace”).

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊɹz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊɹz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡuɹz]


Iranian Persian	گرز
Dari	گرز
Tajik	гурз

گرز • (gorz) (plural گرزها (gorz-hâ))

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “warz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “گرز+gurz”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

An Indo-Persian گرز (gurz, "mace", "club") from the 17^th century

Borrowed from Classical Persian (gurz), itself from Middle Persian [script needed] (wlz /⁠warz⁠/, “mace”), from earlier [script needed] (wzl /⁠wazr⁠/), from Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬀 (vazra, “mace; main weapon of Mithra”), from Proto-Iranian *wájrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras. Cognate with Sanskrit वज्र (vájra, “hard; the mace of Indra; thunderbolt; diamond”), Erzya: узере (uźeŕe, “axe”) and Northern Sami: veahčir (“hammer”). Related to بزرگ (“elder”) and its Persian source (“great, large”). In the Indo-Persian tradition, it became associated with lightning-bolts, thunder and storms. It became a metaphor for strength and force as well, especially in relation to the warrior and fighter.

گرز • (gurz) ?