برز

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ب ر ز (b-r-z).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ra.za/

Verb

بَرَزَ • (baraza) I, non-past يَبْرُزُ‎ (yabruzu)

1. to come forth
2. to go out
3. to surpass, to excel (عَلَا (ʕalā) someone)

Conjugation

Baluchi

Adjective

برز • (burz)

1. tall
2. high
3. loud

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian wlc (warz, “work, agriculture”), from Proto-Iranian *warj-; see there for further information.

Noun

برز • (barz) (plural برزان (barzân) or برزها (barz-hâ))

1. sown field
2. seed
3. agriculture

Related terms

• برزگر (barzgar) / برزیگر (barzigar)
• ورز (varz)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “برز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “warz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 87

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian (bwlc /⁠burz⁠/, “high”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Akin to Parthian 𐫁𐫇𐫡𐫉 (bwrz /⁠burz⁠/, “high, lofty”) and Old Georgian ბორცჳ (borcwi, “hill”), an Iranian borrowing.

Adjective

برز • (borz)

1. high, tall

Related terms

• البرز (alborz)
• برزکوه (barzkuh)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “برز”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “borz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 19