Guz
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| Guz | |
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| Unit of | Length |
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| 1 guz in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| Imperial units | 3 feet (36 inches) |
| SI base units | 0.9144 m |
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A guz (also spelled gaz, from Hindustani Template:Wikt-lang/Template:Wikt-lang and Persian Template:Wikt-lang), or Mughal yard, is a unit of length used in parts of Asia. Historically, it was a regionally variable measurement similar to the English yard both in size and in that it was often used for measuring textiles. Values of the guz ranged from 24 to 41 inches (610 to 1,040 mm) over time. Today, it is generally used in the Indian subcontinent as the word for a yard. A present day sari is still measured as 7 guz while a traditional one can be as long as 9 guz.[citation needed]
History
Use of the guz in India was first established during the Mughal Empire. The guz in Rajasthan at the end of the 17th century was quoted as being Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.28+1⁄2 inches (720 mm).[1] By 1875, the average value of the guz in Bengal was 36 inches (1.0 yd; 910 mm), but was 33 inches (840 mm) in Madras and 27 inches (690 mm) in Bombay.[1][2]
By the 20th century, the guz was uniformly quoted as being equal in length to one yard in the English system, or 0.91 metres in the metric system.[3] But there are some different values still in use, like Bikaner has 1 guz/gaz = 2 ft officially recognized and in use.[4]
The guz is still commonly used in the Indian subcontinent. It has become the standard word in Hindi and Urdu for "yard".[5]
Name
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The word guz (also spelled guzz, at the time) entered the Oxford English Dictionary in the late 19th century, having been originally submitted by the noted lexicographer William Chester Minor, originally as being equal to Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.28+4⁄5 inches (730 mm) in India (so that "5 guzz = 4 yards").[6] The word also is reputed to have given the Royal Navy base at HMNB Devonport, in Plymouth, the affectionate nickname of "Guzz", as sailors referring to the Dockyard, used to regularly abbreviate the word to simply "The Yard", leading to the slang use of the Hindi word for the unit of measurement of the same name.[7]
Regional definitions
Arabia
In Arabia, it varied between 27 and 37 inches (690 and 940 mm).[8]
Persia
In Persia, it was reported in the 1880s that 1 guz was Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.37+1⁄2 inches (950 mm) for cloth, but 27 inches (690 mm) for silk and carpet.[6]
Nepal
In Nepal, 1 guz was 1 yard (0.91 m) in the 20th century.[8]
Southeast Asia
1 Malay gaz is around 33 inches (2.8 feet) or 83.82 centimetres.[9]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Guz", A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, vol. 4, 1900, p. 525
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bedford, Frederick George D. (1875), The sailor's pocket book: A Collection of Practical Rules, Notes and Tables, p. 323.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Conversion of Square Guz to Square Meter". Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shri Jitender Kumar Kochar, ... vs Department Of Income Tax on 12 June, 2013". Indian Kanoon. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Admin. "Gaj to Feet / Square Feet | Square Gaj to Square meters". Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ a b A Minor case: OED contributions from a prison cell http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/02/william-minor/ Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ The Plymouth Command - Origin of the Nickname GUZZ http://www.godfreydykes.info/THE_PLYMOUTH_COMMAND.htm Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Guz", Sizes, grades, units, scales, calendars, chronologies], Sizes, Inc., 2008, retrieved 20 January 2007
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."gaz". Kamus Dewan (4th ed.). Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Malaysia. 2017.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Prinsep, James (1840), Useful tables, forming an appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society: part the first, Coins, weights, and measures of British India (2nd ed.), Bishop's College Press
