نیزه

See also: نيرة

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭰𐭪𐭩 (nycky) / nyck' (/⁠nēzag⁠/), from Old Persian *𐎴𐎡𐏀𐎣 (naizaka-), borrowed from Old Median *náyzakam, from Proto-Iranian *náyjakam, derived from Proto-Iranian *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam. Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (naēza, “tip, especially of a needle”) and borrowings from Iranian: Classical Syriac ܢܝܙܟܐ (nayzkāʾ), Old Armenian նիզակ (nizak), and Arabic نَيْزَك (nayzak).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [neːˈzæ]
• (Iran) IPA^(key): /nei̯ˈze/

Noun

Dari	نیزه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	найза

نیزه • (neyze) (plural نیزه‌ها (neyze-hâ))

1. spear, lance, javelin

   Synonym: (archaic) سنان (senân)

Derived terms

• نیزه‌دار (neyze-dâr)
• سرنیزه (sarneyze)
• نیزه‌ماهی (neyze-mâhi)

Related terms

• نیزک (neyzak)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: nizə

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nēzag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نیزه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎ (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1037
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նիզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 451b