گوازه

Persian

Alternative forms

• گواز (gavâz)
• کوازه (kavâza)
• غباز (ğabâz)
• غبازه (ğabâza)

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 • (gavâza) (plural گوازه‌ها (gavâza-hâ))

1. ox-goad

Synonyms

• گاوزنه (gâvzana)
• خرگواز (xargavâz)

Descendants

• Arabic: جواز (jawāz), جوازق (jawāzaq)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܒ݂ܲܙܵܐ (gavāza), ܠܵܒ݂ܲܙܵܐ (lavāza)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “گوازه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւազան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 526