ܓܰܘܳܙܳܐ gwʾzʾ gawāzā short staff, goad (dialectal term)
MP gawāz wooden mortar (Parthian word attested in Draxt ī āsūrīg § 7; Unvala 1921–1923, 644); Av. gauuāza- the goad for cattle (AirWb 511); ManParth. gwʾz /gawāz/ *goad, *prod (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 166); Arm. LW gawazan stick, staff, goad of the shepherd, twig, branch, rod (Hübschmann AG 126, no. 130); NP gavāz a large wooden mortar in which the husk of rice is beaten off; an ox-goad (Steingass 1100; Horn 198). — Md. gʾwʾzʾ gawāzā (Widengren 1960, 93) ● BA in Martin, Syr. or. et occ. app. ◆ LS 108b