գիժ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian գիժ (giž).

Pronunciation

Adjective

գիժ (giž) (superlative ամենագիժ)

  1. crazy, insane
    Synonyms: խենթ (xentʻ), խելագար (xelagar), ծուռ (cuṙ), աննորմալ (annormal)
    Արա, տո, գի՞ժ ես։Ara, to, gi?ž es.Hey, are you crazy?

Declension

Noun

գիժ (giž)

  1. madman, nut
    Synonyms: խենթ (xentʻ), խելագար (xelagar)

Declension

Derived terms

Middle Armenian

Etymology

A Medo-Parthian borrowing. See Persian گیج (gij) for more.

Adjective

գիժ (giž)

  1. crazy, insane

Noun

գիժ (giž)

  1. madman

Descendants

  • Armenian: գիժ (giž)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “գիժ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 228
  • 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, pages 554–555
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “գիժ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 160