𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

[Book Pahlavi needed] (pylwc) — Book Pahlavi

Etymology

From Parthian 𐭐𐭓𐭂𐭅𐭆 (prgwz /⁠Paryōž⁠/), itself from Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌⸱𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵 (paⁱri.aojah), composed of 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (paⁱri, “around”) +‎ 𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵 (aojah, “strength, power”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pari, from Proto-Indo-European *péri + Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwǰas.^[1]^[2]^[3] 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)

victorious

Derived terms

𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭩𐭧 (pērōzīh)
- [Book Pahlavi needed] (plcʾm pyrwcyh /⁠frazām-pērōzīh⁠/)
*pērōzag

Proper noun

𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 • (Pērōz)

a male given name, Peroz, Perozes, or 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

^ Nyberg, H. S. (1974), A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 160
^ 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
^ 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
^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897), Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 67–68
^ 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

[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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