نهاز

See also: نهار

Persian

Etymology 1

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Noun

نهاز • (nehâz)

1. fear; awe

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nwh'ck' /⁠nōhāzag⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hajáh. Akin to Old Armenian նոխազ (noxaz), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

نهاز • (nohâz)

1. he-goat, with spreading horns and long legs, that leads the flock

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نهاز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul