beraz

Definition of beraz

1) pig, hog, wild boar, 2) mean, mean-spirited, unkind

Other forms

berêz, baraz

Etymology

From Avestan varaza/waraza.

Sanskrit varaha- [varahah],
Proto Indo Iranian *varazha,
Proto-Germanic *bairaz,
Old Saxon ber,
Old High German ber "a boar",
Persian; gorâz,
Old English bar "boar, uncastrated male swine",
Arm varaz,
Dutch beer.

* Archelological sites in Kurdish region (Turkey); Hallan Çemi (c.9500 BCE) and Çayönü Tepesi (c.9500-6500 BCE), are where initial stage of taming or breeding wild boar take place (Max Price, ASTOR).

Synonyms

wehş, xinzir
Updated on July 24, 2023

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Avestan

The Avestan language relating to the ancient Aryen (later on Iranian) language in which it is written, closely related to Vedic Sanskrit. Ancient Iranian language that survived in sacred texts centuries after it went extinct, from Avesta "sacred books of the Zoroastrians (Zarahustra)" earlier Avistak, literally “books”.

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