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))

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

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