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Persian
Etymology
Cognate with Bakhtiari گێز (gız, “mad”), Northern Luri گێژ (gıj, “mad”), Dezfuli (geyz, “dizzy; confused”), Northern Kurdish gêj (“dizzy”), Sogdian (kyc /kēč/). Compare also the Iranian borrowings: Middle Armenian գիժ (giž), Middle Georgian გიჟი (giži, “crazy, mad; foolish”), Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܓܫ̰ܘܢܐ (gežūnē), Udi ҝиж (gʲiž).
The Persian is probably borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian language, rather than inherited.
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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gīj
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| Dari reading?
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gīj
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| Iranian reading?
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gij
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| Tajik reading?
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gij
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Adjective
گیج • (gij)
- dizzy
- distracted, confused
- stupid, foolish
Descendants
- → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܝܸܓ̰ (gāyij)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գիժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 554b
- Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 160