կուզ

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kuz/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡuz/,

From Old Armenian կուզ (kuz).

կուզ • (kuz)

1. beech marten, Martes foina

• քարակզաքիս (kʻarakzakʻis), սամսար (samsar)

From Middle Armenian կուզ (kuz).

կուզ • (kuz)

1. hump, hunch

   Synonym: սապատ (sapat)

կուզ • (kuz) (superlative ամենակուզ)

1. humpbacked, hunchbacked

   Synonym: սապատավոր (sapatavor)

• “կուզ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

From Persian کوز (kuz, “hump, crooked back”), which is related to کوزه (kuze, “hunchbacked”).

կուզ • (kuz), genitive singular կուզի (kuzi)

1. hump, hunch

կուզ • (kuz)

1. humpbacked, hunchbacked

• կզութիւն (kzutʻiwn)

• Armenian: կուզ (kuz)
• → Georgian: კუზი (ḳuzi)

• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “կուզ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կուզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կուզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կուզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

From Iranian *kūz. Compare Central Kurdish کووژە (kûje) / kûje, kûze (“sable, marten”), Zazaki kuze (“beech marten”). Also from Iranian: Classical Syriac ܩܘܙܐ (qūzā, “weasel”), Akkadian 𒅀𒀀𒍮 (/⁠yāṣu, āṣu; possibly kuzā, quṣā⁠/, “weasel, martencat, lynx”).

կուզ • (kuz)

1. cat
2. beech marten (Martes foina)

• Armenian: կուզ (kuz)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կուզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կուզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կուզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 308
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “կուզ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press