Arabic

Proper noun

هُرْمُز • ‎(hurmuz) ?

1. Strait of Hormuz

References

• "هرمز" in Dehkhoda Dictionary.

Persian

Alternative forms

• هورمز ‎(Hurmoz)
• هرمزد ‎(Hormazd)
• هورمزد ‎(Hurmazd)
• اورمزد ‎(Urmazd)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣 ‎(Ōhrmazd, Hormozd). Compare Parthian 𐭀𐭇𐭅𐭓𐭌𐭆𐭃.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

هرمز • ‎(Hormoz)

1. Ahura Mazda
2. (astronomy) Jupiter
3. Name of the first day of month.
4. A male given name, Hormoz
5. Hormuz, a city in Hormozgan Province of Iran
6. Hormuz Island
7. (historical) Ormus, a kingdom in Persian Gulf

Synonyms

• (Jupiter): مشتری ‎(Moštari), برجیس ‎(Berjis)

Derived terms

• تنگهٔ هرمز ‎(Tange-ye Hormoz, “Strait of Hormuz”)
• هرمزگان ‎(Hormozgân)
• هرمزان ‎(Hormozân)
• رامهرمز ‎(Râmhormoz)