ارزیز

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Persian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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-.[1]

Noun[edit]

ارزیز (arziz)

  1. tin

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 231