Reconstruction:Middle Persian/pērōzag

This Middle Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Middle Persian

Etymology

From 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pērōz, “victorious”).

Noun

*pērōzag

1. turquoise

Descendants

• Classical Persian: پیروزَه (pērōza)
  • Iranian Persian: پیروزِه (piruze)
  • Tajik: пирӯза (pirüza)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: पीरोज़ा (pīrozā)

    Urdu: پِیروزَہ (pīroza)

  • → Ottoman Turkish: پیروزه (pîrûze)
    • Turkish: piruze
  • ⇒ Classical Persian: فیروزَه (fērōza) (see there for further descendants)
• → Arabic: فَيْرُوزَج (fayrūzaj), فَيْرُوز (fayrūz), فِيرُوز (fīrūz)
  • → Middle Armenian: փերուզաճ (pʻeruzač)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فیروزج (fîrûzec)
    • Turkish: firuzec
  • → Persian: فیروزج (firuzaj)

References

• Iranian Loanwords in Syriac‎^[1], 2008, page 233
• Language Diversity in Iran‎^[2], 2024
• Sino-Iranian and Sino-Arabian Relations in Late Antiquity‎^[3], 2024, page 202