گیج

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Persian

Etymology

Cognate with Bakhtiari [script needed] (gēz, “mad”), Northern Kurdish gêj (“dizzy”). Compare also the Iranian borrowings: Middle Armenian գիժ (giž), Georgian გიჟი (giži), Assyrian Neo-Aramaic [script needed] (giž, gič), Udi ҝиж (gʲiž).

The Persian is probably borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian language, rather than inherited.

Adjective

گیج • (gij)

  1. dizzy
  2. distracted, confused
  3. stupid, foolish

Further reading

  • 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
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