گیج
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- کیج (kij)
- گیچ (colloquial Dari)
Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Bakhtiari گێز (gız, “mad”), Northern Luri گێژ (gıj, “mad”), Dezfuli [script needed] (geyz, “dizzy; confused”), Northern Kurdish gêj (“dizzy”), Sogdian [script needed] (kyc /kēč/). Compare also the Iranian borrowings: Middle Armenian գիժ (giž), Middle Georgian გიჟი (giži, “crazy, mad; foolish”), Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܓܫ̰ܘܢܐ (gežūnē), Udi ҝиж (gʲiž).
The Persian is probably borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian language, rather than inherited.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡiːd͡ʒ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʲiːd͡ʒ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡid͡ʒ]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | gīj |
Dari reading? | gīj |
Iranian reading? | gij |
Tajik reading? | gij |
Adjective
[edit]گیج • (gij)
Descendants
[edit]- → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܝܸܓ̰ (gāyij)
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գիժ”, 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 554b
- Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 160