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ՓԵՐՈՒԶ, ՓԻՐՈՒԶ, FIROUZ PEROUZ , PIROUZ The semi-precious stone, also the blue green color. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Turquoise.pebble.700pix.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Turquoise.pebble.700pix.jpg turqoise. Some will pronounce it trkoyz, it is in fact like trkwaz from the French Lets lay another myth to rest. Here at #4 By our own myth buster Jirair we read. It urged me to search. http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=36238&do=findComment&comment=322636 The semi-precious turquoise is not native to Anatolia. In the 16th century a French merchant imported the blue-to-green stone from Turkey and named it turquoise. The Turkish stones came from the Khorasan province of Iran. Iranians call it phirouzeh meaning victory. The Armenian version is perouz. Yes indeed it is Perouz Phirouz.** http://armenian.name/index.php?a=term&d=4&t=1860 http://www.armenian2english.com/hy/բառարան-հայերեն-անգլերեն/փիրուզ .wikipedia =Turquoise A precious stone , a gem, also the blue green color. ** Have you known anyone names Perouz? I had known only one lady named so. I dont think she knew the meaning, neither did I, probably why she would rather be known as Paris to the odars. ***The SAE-Hanragitaran lists the gem as ՓԻՐՈՒԶ(perouz in parentheses). I wonder if the reason is because in the Armenian the letters I=Ի and E=Է are interchangeable, as in ՍԷՐ/love and ՍԻՐԵԼ/to love, and visa versa? ===== Arabs and Persians stll name their daughters Firouz/Fairuz. See the Lebanese Songbird; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairuz