گیج

Persian

Alternative forms

• کیج (kij)
• گیچ (colloquial Dari)

Etymology

Cognate with Bakhtiari گێز (gız, “mad”), Northern Luri گێژ (gıj, “mad”), Dezfuli [script needed] (geyz, “dizzy; confused”), Northern Kurdish gêj (“dizzy”), Sogdian [script needed] (kyc /⁠kēč⁠/). Compare also the Iranian borrowings: Middle Armenian գիժ (giž), Middle Georgian გიჟი (giži, “crazy, mad; foolish”), Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܓܫ̰ܘܢܐ (gežūnē), Udi ҝиж (gʲiž).

The Persian is probably borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian language, rather than inherited.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡiːd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡiːd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡiːt͡ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡid͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲiːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡid͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gīj
Dari reading?	gīj
Iranian reading?	gij
Tajik reading?	gij

Adjective

گیج • (gij)

1. dizzy
2. distracted, confused
3. stupid, foolish

Descendants

• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܝܸܓ̰ (gāyij)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գիժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 554b
• Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎^[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 160