گرج

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭‎ pl (ʿlʿcʾn /Wiruz-ān/, “Iberians, Georgians”); compare Parthian 𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭔𐭍‎ pl (wyršn /Wiruž-ān/), Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] pl (wrwcʾn), Old Armenian վիր-ք (vir-kʿ), Russian грузи́н (gruzín).

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡoɾd͡ʒ]

گرج • (gorj)

1. (archaic) Georgia
   • 1258-1273, Rumi, Masnavi

     در هوا می‌کرد خود بالای برج
     که هزیمت می‌شد از وی روم و گرج‎

     dar hawā mē-kard xwad bālā-yi burj
     ki hazīmat mē-šud az way Rōm u Gurj

2. (archaic) Georgian (person)

• (Georgia): گرجستان‎ (gorjestân)
• (Georgian): گرجی‎ (gorji)

• گرجی‎ (gorji)
• گرجستان‎ (gorjestân)
• گرجستانی‎ (gorjestâni)
• گرجی‌محله‎ (gorji-mahalleh)

• → Arabic: كُرْج‎ (kurj)
• → Medieval Latin: Geōrgia
  • → English: Georgia (see there for further descendants)
  • → Middle French: Georgie
    • French: Géorgie
    • → Middle English: Georgie
      • English: Georgie (obsolete)
  • → Italian: Georgia
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: Georgia
  • → Romanian: Georgia
  • → Spanish: Georgia

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “گرج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

From Sanskrit गर्जन (garjana).

گرج • (garaj) f (Hindi spelling गरज)

1. thunder
2. roar

• گرجنا‎ (garajnā)