𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰

Middle Persian

Alternative forms
  • [Book Pahlavi needed] (pylwc) — Book Pahlavi

Etymology

From Old Persian *Pariaujah (“victorious”), composed of *pari (“around”) + *aujah (“strength, power”).[1][2][3] The first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pari, which is from Proto-Indo-European *péri, while the second one is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwǰas.

Compare the Old Armenian given name Վարազ-Պերոժ (Varaz-Perož), the place names Պերոժ-Կաւատ (Perož-Kawat), Հրաքոտպերոժ (Hrakʻotperož), Սպանդարանպերոժ (Spandaranperož), Որմզդպերոժ (Ormzdperož), as well as the given name Պելուժավր (Pelužavr), all Iranian borrowings.[4][5]

Adjective

𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 • (pērōz)

  1. victorious

Derived terms

Proper noun

𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 • (Pērōz)

  1. a male given name, Peroz, Perozes, Peirozes

Descendants
  • Persian: پیروز (piruz)
  • → Arabic: فَيْرُوز (fayrūz)
  • → Byzantine Greek: Περόζης (Perózēs), Περώζης (Perṓzēs), Πειρόζης (Peirózēs)
  • → Chinese: 卑路斯 (Pílùsī)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܦܝܪܘܙ (Pērōz)
  • → Old Armenian: Պերոզ (Peroz), (in wholly borrowed compounds) Պերոզ-Վռամ (Peroz-Vṙam), Պերոզամատ (Perozamat), Պերոզապատ (Perozapat), Պերոզ-Կաւատ (Peroz-Kawat)
  • → Old Georgian: პეროზ (ṗeroz)

References
  1. Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 160
  2. Gignoux, Philippe (1986) Noms propres sassanides en moyen-perse épigraphique [Sasanian proper names in Inscriptional Middle Persian] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 2) (in French), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 147
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2021) Iranian personal names in Armenian collateral tradition (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band V, Faszikel 3), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 616, page 301
  4. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 67–68
  5. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1948) “Պերոզ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 26) (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 262
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