گز

See also: کژ, کر, گر, کز, and كز

Chagatai

Etymology

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Noun

گز (gez)

  1. time (occurrence)

Ottoman Turkish

گزلر

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *keŕ (nock, notch of an arrow); cognate with Azerbaijani gəz, Bashkir: гиз (giz), Kazakh кез (kez), Tatar [script needed] (kirtü) and Tuvan кес (kes).

Noun

گز • (gez)

  1. nock, the notch at the rearmost end of an arrow that fits on the bowstring
    Synonym: سوفار (sufar)
  2. plummet, plumb line, a cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line
    Synonyms: اسقندیل (iskandil), سونده (sonda), شاقول (şakul), مطمار (mıtmar)
Derived terms
  • گز اورمق (gez urmak, to put the plummet to)
  • گزلتمك (gezletmek, to make or let be notched)
  • گزلمك (gezlemek, to notch an arrow)
  • گزلو (gezli, notched, provided with nocks)
  • كرتمك (kertmek, to notch)
Descendants
  • Gagauz: keez
  • Turkish: gez

Further reading

Etymology 2

Of Proto-Turkic origin. Cognate with Chagatai گز (gez) and Kazakh кез (kez).

Noun

گز • (gez)

  1. time, an instance or repetition of something happening
    Synonyms: دفعه (defʾa), كره (kerre)
Derived terms
  • بوگز (bugez, this time)
  • هرگز (hergez, always)
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian ghis, itself from Dutch giek.

Alternative forms

  • گیز (giz)

Noun

گز • (giz)

  1. a main boom, a diagonal beam on which a sail is attached, gaff
    Synonym: پیك (pik)
Descendants

Etymology 4

From Persian گز (gaz).

Noun

گز • (gez)

  1. tamarisk (Tamarix spp.)
    Synonym: ایلغین (ılğın)
  2. manna ash (Fraxinus ornus)
Descendants
  • Turkish: gez
  • Crimean Tatar: gez

References

Persian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡæz/

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gc /⁠gaz⁠/, tamarisk). Compare Old Armenian գազ (gaz, milkvetch), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

گز • (gaz)

  1. tamarisk (Tamarix spp.)
  2. tamarisk gum
  3. milkvetch (Astragalus spp.)
  4. gum tragacanth, tragacanth
  5. a kind of confectionary which is a speciality of Isfahan and is similar to nougat, gaz – made from tragacanth and other gums of various manna trees
  6. manna ash (Fraxinus ornus)
Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: գազ (gaz), կազ (kaz)
  • Azerbaijani: gəz
  • Ottoman Turkish: گز (gez)
    • Turkish: gez
    • Crimean Tatar: gez

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gt' /⁠gad⁠/, rod, club), from Proto-Iranian *gádaH, Proto-Indo-Iranian *gadaH (club).

Noun

گز • (gaz)

  1. cubit, yard
Derived terms
  • گز کردن (gaz kardan, to measure in cubits)
  • خرگز (xar-gaz, a rod to drive an ass or cattle)
Descendants

References

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