ورز

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *warj-; see there for more. Cognate with English work and Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäɹz]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væɹz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väɹz]

Readings
Classical reading?	warz
Dari reading?	warz
Iranian reading?	varz
Tajik reading?	varz

Noun

ورز • (varz)

1. gain, profit, acquisition
2. custom, habit
3. trade, art, craft; art of tanning
4. growing corn
5. a sown field
6. agriculture

Related terms

• برز (barz)

Verb

ورز • (varz)

1. present stem form of ورزیدن (varzidan, “to exercise”)

References

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