ارز

See also: أرز and أزر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

The vocalization ürüz suggests borrowing from Arabic أُرُزّ (ʔuruzz), as also رز (rüz, “rice”) has its Arabic correspondence رُزّ (ruzz), and this word is not found elsewhere in Turkic, the vocalization erz is deemed unexplained but is probably the more common Arabic vocalization أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz) which should yield in Turkish *erüz but was elided through the form *eriz like Ottoman patterns usually variate between CVCC and CVCiC, the latter being colloquial and the former literary upcorrection.

Noun

ارز • (ürüz, erz)

1. (uncommon) rice

   Synonyms: پلاو (pilav), برنج (birinç), (dialectal) طوغی (düğü, düği), (uncommon) رز (rüz), (Old Ottoman, rare) توترغن (tuturğan)

References

• Stachowski, Kamil (2008) Names of Cereals in the Turkic Languages (Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia; 11)‎^[1], Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 64

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (KSP' /⁠arz⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlc /⁠arz⁠/, “value, worth”), from Proto-Iranian *Hargáh (“value”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hargʰás (“value”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ-ós. Compare Sanskrit अर्घ (argha, “worth, value”), Lithuanian algà (“pay, salary”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaɾz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɹz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɹz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɹz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɹz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɹz]

Readings
Classical reading?	arz
Dari reading?	arz
Iranian reading?	arz
Tajik reading?	arz

Noun

ارز • (arz)

1. currency
2. price, value
3. esteem, veneration

Verb

ارز • (arz)

1. present stem form of ارزیدن (arzidan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ارز (arz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əɾz/

Noun

اَرْز • (arz) m (Hindi spelling अर्ज़)

1. price, cost

   Synonym: قیمت

2. quantity, value

   Synonym: مقدار

3. respect, reverence, honour

   Synonym: احترام

References

• “ارز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ارز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.