ارزیز

Persian

Alternative forms
  • ارجیج‎ (arjij) (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾlcyc (arzīz, “tin, lead”) (Manichaean Middle Persian ʾrzyz). Akin to Middle Armenian արճիճ (arčič, “lead”), an Iranian borrowing. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Iranian *arĵata- (“silver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-.[1]

Noun

ارزیز • (arziz)

  1. tin

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 231
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