# Guz > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guz > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guz.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guz > Source revision: 1326244899 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Unit of length used in South Asia "Guj" redirects here. For other uses, see [Guz (disambiguation)](/source/Guz_(disambiguation)) and [Guj (disambiguation)](/source/Guj_(disambiguation)). Guz Unit of Length Conversions 1 guz in ... ... is equal to ... Imperial units 3 feet (36 inches) SI base units 0.9144 m A **guz** (also spelled **gaz**, from [Hindustani](/source/Hindustani_language) [गज़](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC#Hindi)/[گز](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B2#Urdu) and [Persian](/source/Persian_language) [گز](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B2#Persian)), or **Mughal yard**, is a [unit of length](/source/Unit_of_length) used in parts of Asia. Historically, it was a regionally variable measurement similar to the English [yard](/source/Yard) both in size and in that it was often used for measuring textiles. Values of the guz ranged from 24 to 41 [inches](/source/Inch) (610 to 1,040 mm) over time. Today, it is generally used in the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent) as the word for a yard. A present day [sari](/source/Sari) is still measured as 7 guz while a traditional one can be as long as 9 guz.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## History Use of the guz in India was first established during the [Mughal Empire](/source/Mughal_Empire). The guz in [Rajasthan](/source/Rajasthan) at the end of the 17th century was quoted as being 28+1⁄2 inches (720 mm).[1] By 1875, the average value of the guz in [Bengal](/source/Bengal) was 36 inches (1.0 yd; 910 mm), but was 33 inches (840 mm) in [Madras](/source/Madras) and 27 inches (690 mm) in [Bombay](/source/Bombay).[1][2] By the 20th century, the guz was uniformly quoted as being equal in length to one yard in the [English system](/source/English_system), or 0.91 metres in the [metric system](/source/Metric_system).[3] But there are some different values still in use, like [Bikaner](/source/Bikaner) has 1 guz/gaz = 2 ft officially recognized and in use.[4] The guz is still commonly used in the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent). It has become the standard word in [Hindi](/source/Hindi) and [Urdu](/source/Urdu) for "yard".[5] ## Name Look up ***[guz](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guz)*** or ***[gudge](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gudge)*** in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The word *guz* (also spelled *guzz*, at the time) entered the [Oxford English Dictionary](/source/Oxford_English_Dictionary) in the late 19th century, having been originally submitted by the noted lexicographer [William Chester Minor](/source/William_Chester_Minor), originally as being equal to 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](/source/Royal_Navy) base at [HMNB Devonport](/source/HMNB_Devonport), in [Plymouth](/source/Plymouth), the affectionate nickname of "Guzz", as sailors referring to the [Dockyard](/source/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](/source/Arabia), it varied between 27 and 37 inches (690 and 940 mm).[8] ### Persia In [Persia](/source/Persia), it was reported in the 1880s that 1 guz was 37+1⁄2 inches (950 mm) for cloth, but 27 inches (690 mm) for silk and carpet.[6] ### Nepal In [Nepal](/source/Nepal), 1 guz was 1 yard (0.91 m) in the 20th century.[8] ### Southeast Asia 1 [Malay](/source/Malay_world) *gaz* is around 33 inches (2.8 feet) or 83.82 centimetres.[9] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-OED_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-OED_1-1) "Guz", [*A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles*](/source/Oxford_English_Dictionary), vol. 4, 1900, p. 525 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Bedford, Frederick George D.](/source/Frederick_Bedford) (1875), [*The sailor's pocket book: A Collection of Practical Rules, Notes and Tables*](https://books.google.com/books?id=BmABAAAAQAAJ), p. 323. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Conversion of Square Guz to Square Meter"](https://aceonlinetools.com/converters/area/square-guz-to-square-meter-sqgaj-to-sqm-converter/). Retrieved 10 October 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Shri Jitender Kumar Kochar, ... vs Department Of Income Tax on 12 June, 2013"](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/40179591/). *Indian Kanoon*. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Admin. ["Gaj to Feet / Square Feet | Square Gaj to Square meters"](https://www.areaconvert.com/2019/10/gaj-to-feet-square-feet-square-gaj-to.html). Retrieved 4 October 2019. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-blog.oxforddictionaries.com_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-blog.oxforddictionaries.com_6-1) A Minor case: OED contributions from a prison cell [http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/02/william-minor/](http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/02/william-minor/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130216111334/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/02/william-minor/) 2013-02-16 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** The Plymouth Command - Origin of the Nickname GUZZ [http://www.godfreydykes.info/THE_PLYMOUTH_COMMAND.htm](http://www.godfreydykes.info/THE_PLYMOUTH_COMMAND.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150120104416/http://www.godfreydykes.info/THE_PLYMOUTH_COMMAND.htm) 2015-01-20 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Sizes_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Sizes_8-1) ["Guz"](http://www.sizes.com/units/guz.htm), *Sizes, grades, units, scales, calendars, chronologies]*, Sizes, Inc., 2008, retrieved 20 January 2007 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["gaz"](http://prpm.dbp.gov.my/Cari1?keyword=gaz). *Kamus Dewan* (4th ed.). Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Malaysia. 2017. ## Further reading - 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*](https://archive.org/details/usefultablesfor01pringoog) (2nd ed.), Bishop's College Press --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Guz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guz) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guz?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.