گیج

Persian

Alternative forms
  • کیج (kij)

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.

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 (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 160
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