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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (wlʾc /warāz/, “boar”), from Old Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *warājáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *warāȷ́ʰás (“boar”). Cognate with Central Kurdish بەراز (beraz), Northern Kurdish beraz, Southern Kurdish وەراز (weraz), Mazanderani وراز (verâz), براز (berâz, “boar”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬰𐬀 (varāza, “boar”), and Sanskrit वराह (varāha, “boar”). Akin to Old Armenian վարազ (varaz, “wild boar”) and Classical Syriac ܘܪܙܐ (warzāʾ), Iranian borrowings.
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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gurāz
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Dari reading?
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gurāz
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Iranian reading?
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gorâz
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Tajik reading?
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guroz
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Noun
Dari
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گراز
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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гуроз
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گراز • (gorâz) (plural گرازها (gorâz-hâ))
- boar
- wild boar, wild pig (Sus scrofa, a species of swine)
- Synonym: خوک وحشی (xuk-e vahši)
c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 119”, in دیوان امیر معزی:سر شمشیر او برندهٔ چنگال شیر آمد
سر پیکان او سنبندهٔ یشک گراز آمد- sar-i šamšēr-i ō buranda-yi čangāl-i šēr āmad
sar-i paykān-i ō sumbanda-yi yašk-i gurāz āmad - The edge of his blade slices through the lion's claws,
The edge of his arrow bores through the boar's tusks.
- male of any pig species
- Synonym: خوک نر (xuk-e nar)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “warāz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “گراز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վարազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 314b