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Persian
یک کوزهی لعابدار ― a glazed pottery vase
Etymology 1
Akin to Old Armenian կուժ (kuž), Rutul кӏуж (ḳuž), Classical Syriac ܟܘܙܐ (kūzā), Arabic كُوز (kūz), Iranian borrowings. Related to کوژ (kuž) and گوژ (guž).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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kōza, kūza
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Dari reading?
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kōza
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Iranian reading?
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kuze
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Tajik reading?
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küza
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Noun
کوزه • (kuze) (plural کوزهها (kuze-hâ))
- a pottery vase with a long neck
- Synonyms: خُم (xom), خُمره (xomre), سَبو (sabu)
- an urn
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Akin to Middle Armenian կուզ (kuz), an Iranian borrowing. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
کوزه • (kuze) (comparative کوزهتَر (kuze-tar), superlative کوزهتَرین (kuze-tarin))
- (archaic) hunchbacked
- Synonym: گوژ (guž, “hunchbacked”)
- (archaic) convex
- Synonym: کوژ (kuž)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “کوزه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 296
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کوزه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کوزه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- “کوزه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024