وزغ

See also: ورع

Arabic

وَزَغَة

Etymology

From Persian وزغ (vazağ), وزغه (vazağe, small lizard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.zaɣ/

Noun

وَزَغ • (wazaḡ) m (collective, singulative وَزَغَة f (wazaḡa), plural أَوْزَاغ (ʔawzāḡ))

  1. gecko

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: wiżagħ

References

Persian

Alternative forms

  • بزغ (bazağ), پزغ (pazağ), وزق (vazaq), وزک (vazak)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wzγ /⁠wazaγ⁠/, frog). Akin to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬖𐬁 (vazaγā, lizard, frog), compare وزغه (vazağe, small lizard), and to Old Armenian Վազգէն (Vazgēn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /væˈzæɣ/

Noun

وزغ • (vazağ)

  1. toad

Derived terms

  • جلوزغ (jolvazağ)

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wzγ”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 89
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 501
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