گراز

See also: کزاز‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian wlʾc (warāz, “boar”), from Old Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *warāĵáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *warāĵʰás (“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

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈɾɒːz/

Noun

Dari Persian	گراز‎
Iranian Persian	گراز‎
Tajiki Persian	гуроз (guroz)

گراز • (gorâz) (plural گرازها‎ (gorâz-hâ))

boar, wild boar
A male pig

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, Hračʿeay (1979), “վարազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 314b

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