Where does “գազար” come from?

գազար (Middle Armenian) comes from Persian گزر, from Pahlavi *gazar.

գազար (Middle Armenian): carrot

Definitions

  1. carrot

Ancestry of “գազար”, step by step

գազար traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian گزر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianگزرcarrot; pestle; Alternative form of گزیر
2Pahlavi*gazar—

via Classical Persian گَزَر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianگَزَر—

Words derived from “գազար”

Every word from Pahlavi *gazar →Every word from Persian گزر →