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Zer may refer to:
- Guz, an obsolete unit of length used in Persia and parts of Asia
- Zer, a gender-neutral pronoun
- Zer, a letter of the Urdu alphabet
- Zer, an inseparable verb prefix in German, usually adding the connotation of damage. For example - stören (to disturb, to bother) and zerstören (to destroy), malmen (to grind) and zermalmen (to pulverize, to crush), schlagen (to hit) and zerschlagen (to shatter).
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Özer
Özer is made up of the Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and er meaning "private, soldier". Ozer is also a personal name or surname in Jewish culture. Özer may refer to:
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Guz
A guz (Persian: گز, Hindi: गज}), also written as gaz, guzz, guj, huj or gudge, 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 inches to 41 inches 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 huj while a traditional one can be as long as 9 huj.
India and Pakistan
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 28½ inches. By 1875, the average value of the guz in Bengal was 36 inches (that is, one yard), but was 33 inches in Madras and 27 inches in Bombay.
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.
The guz is still commonly used in the Indian subcontinent. It has become the standard word in Hindi and Urdu for "yard".
