From Middle Persian (wlz /warz/, “mace”), from earlier (wzl /wazr/), from Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬀 (vazra, “mace; main weapon of Mithra”), from Proto-Iranian *wájrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras. Cognate with Sanskrit वज्र (vájra, “thunderbolt; especially that of Indra”), Erzya: узере (uźeŕe, “axe”) and Northern Sami: veahčir (“hammer”), as well as akin to Old Armenian վարզ (varz, “mace”).
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Classical reading? | gurz |
Dari reading? | gurz |
Iranian reading? | gorz |
Tajik reading? | gurz |
Dari | گرز |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | гурз |
گرز • (gorz) (plural گرزها (gorz-hâ))
Borrowed from Classical Persian گرز (gurz), itself from Middle Persian (wlz /warz/, “mace”), from earlier (wzl /wazr/), from Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬀 (vazra, “mace; main weapon of Mithra”), from Proto-Iranian *wájrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras. Cognate with Sanskrit वज्र (vájra, “thunderbolt; especially that of Indra”), Erzya: узере (uźeŕe, “axe”) and Northern Sami: veahčir (“hammer”), as well as akin to Old Armenian վարզ (varz, “mace”). Related to بزرگ (“elder”) and its Persian source بزرگ (“great, large”). In the Indo-Persian tradition, it became associated with lightning-bolts, thunder and storms. It became a metaphor for strength and force as well, especially in relation to the warrior and fighter.
گرز • (gurz) ?