كزاز

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Arabic

Root
ك ز ز (k z z)
2 terms

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ku.zaːz/ or IPA(key): /kuz.zaːz/

Noun

كُزَاز or كُزَّاز • (kuzāz or kuzzāz) ?

  1. tetanus

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: كزاز (küzaz)
    • Turkish: küzaz
  • → Persian: کزاز (kozâz)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “كزاز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كُزَاز (kuzāz, “tetanus”).

Noun

كزاز • (küzaz)

  1. (pathology) tetanus, a disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani

Derived terms

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