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Borrowed from Parthiannʾz(nāz, “pleasure, delight”) or inherited from Middle Persian(nʾz-/nāz-/, “to take pleasure, to delight”, whence the verb نازیدن(nâzidan)), both from Proto-Iranian*nāz-(“to be coquettish”). No Indo-European etymology per Cheung 2007.
c.1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 81”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]:
تا سر نکنم در سرت ای مایهٔ ناز کوته نکنم ز دامنت دست نیاز هرچند که راهم به تو دورست و دراز در راه بمیرم و نگردم ز تو باز
tā sar na-kunam dar sar-at ay māyi-yi nāz kōtah na-kunam zi dāman-at dast-i niyāz harčand ki rāh-am bi tu dūr ast u darāz dar rāh bimīram u na-gardam zi tu bāz
Till I thrust myself at your side, o essence of coyness, I shall not withdraw the hand of supplication from your skirt; Though my road to you is distant and long, I shall die on the road, and not turn away from you again.
Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN