ارزیز

Persian

Alternative forms

• ارجیج (arjīj / arjij) (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾlcyc (arzīz, “tin, lead”) (Manichaean Middle Persian ʾrzyz). Akin to Middle Armenian արճիճ (arčič, “lead”), an Iranian borrowing. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Iranian *arjata- (“silver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (ər^əzata) and Sanskrit रजत (rajatá, “silver”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔar.ˈziːz/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ziːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ziːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ziːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ziz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹ.ziːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ziz]

Readings
Classical reading?	arzīz
Dari reading?	arzīz
Iranian reading?	arziz
Tajik reading?	arziz

Noun

ارزیز • (arzīz / arziz) (Tajik spelling арзиз)

1. tin

   Synonym: قلع (qal')