گرز

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See also: گزر, كرز, and ك ر ر

Persian

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? gurz
Dari reading? gurz
Iranian reading? gorz
Tajik reading? gurz

Noun

Dari گرز
Iranian Persian
Tajik гурз

گرز • (gorz) (plural گرزها (gorz-hâ))

  1. mace, club
    Synonyms: گرزه (gorze), کوپال (kupâl)

Descendants

References

Urdu

An Indo-Persian گرز (gurz, "mace", "club") from the 17th century

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گُرْز (gurz).[1] 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.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

گُرْز • (gurz) m (Hindi spelling गुर्ज़)

  1. club, mace
  2. lightning bolt, thunderbolt (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. thunder, thunderstorm (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  4. strength, might, vigor (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  5. power, force (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  6. a weapon wielded by Faridun in the Shahnameh (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ S. W. Fallon (1879) “گرز”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 996

Further reading

  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “گرز”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 996
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “گرز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 904
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گرز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 521
  • “گرز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “گرز”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • “گرز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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