կուզ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian կուզ (kuz).

Noun

կուզ • (kuz)

  1. beech marten, Martes foina
Declension
Synonyms
  • քարակզաքիս (kʿarakzakʿis), սամսար (samsar)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Armenian կուզ (kuz).

Noun

կուզ • (kuz)

  1. hump, hunch
    Synonym: սապատ (sapat)
Declension

Adjective

կուզ • (kuz) (superlative ամենակուզ)

  1. humpbacked, hunchbacked
    Synonym: սապատավոր (sapatavor)
Declension
Derived terms

References

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

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Persian کوز‎ (kuz, “hump, crooked back”).

Noun

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

  1. hump, hunch

Adjective

կուզ • (kuz)

  1. humpbacked, hunchbacked

Derived terms

  • կզութիւն (kzutʿiwn)

Descendants

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

References

  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “կուզ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կուզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կուզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Noun

կուզ • (kuz)

  1. cat
  2. beech marten (Martes foina)

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կուզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կուզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “կուզ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
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