لوز

See also: لور

Arabic

لَوْز

Etymology

From Aramaic לוּזָא / ܠܽܘܙܳܐ (lūzā), from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭥𐭦 (lwc /lōz/, almond) in 𐭫𐭥𐭦𐭩𐭭𐭪𐭥 (lwcynk' /lawzēnag/lōzēnag/) (Persian لوز (lowz, almond)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lawz/

Noun

لَوْز (lawz) m (collective, singulative لَوْزَة f (lawza))

  1. almond
  2. almond tree
  3. tonsil
  4. (singulative only) amygdala

Declension

References

  • lwz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Corriente, Federico (2005), لوز”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 1073
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 145
  • Freytag, Georg (1837), لوز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 135
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 153–155
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 374
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), لوز”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1173–1174

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ل و ز
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَوْز (lawz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lawz/, /luːz/
  • (file)

Noun

لوز (lawz, lūz) m (collective, singulative لوزة f (lawza, lūz), paucal لوزات (lawzāt, lūzāt))

  1. almonds
    Synonym: نوى (nwa)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /law.waz/

Verb

لوز (lawwaz) (form II, non-past يلوز (ylawwaz), verbal noun تلواز (talwāz), active participle ملوز (mlawwaz))

  1. to belly dance
Conjugation
    Conjugation of لوز
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لوّزت (lawwazt) لوّزتي (lawwazti) لوّز (lawwaz) لوّزنا (lawwazna) لوّزتوا (lawwaztu) لوّزوا (lawwzu)
f لوّزت (lawwzāt)
non-past m نلوّز (nlawwaz) تلوّز (tlawwaz) يلوّز (ylawwaz) نلوّزوا (nlawwzu) تلوّزوا (tlawwzu) يلوّزوا (ylawwzu)
f تلوّزي (tlawwzi) تلوّز (tlawwaz)
imperative m لوّز (lawwaz) لوّزوا (lawwzu)
f لوّزي (lawwzi)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَوْز (lawz, almond).

Noun

لوز (levz)

  1. almond, the nut produced by the small tree Prunus amygdalus
    Synonym: بادم (badem)

Derived terms

  • لوز هندی (levz hindi, cocoa)
  • لوزینه (levzine, sweetmeat of pounded almonds)
  • لوزی (levzî, pertaining to almonds)

Descendants

  • Turkish: levz

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭫𐭥𐭦 (lwc /lōz/, almond) in 𐭫𐭥𐭦𐭩𐭭𐭪𐭥 (lwcynk' /lawzēnag/lōzēnag/, almond sweetmeat, marzipan). Compare Arabic لَوْزِينَج (lawzīnaj), borrowed from it. Cognate with Latin nux.

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /lawz/

    Noun

    Dari لوز
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik лавз (lavz)

    لوز (lowz, luz)

    1. almond
    2. a type of marzipan

    Derived terms

    • لوزینه (lowzine)

    References

    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “lawzēnag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

    South Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic لَوْز (lawz).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /loːz/, [loːz]
    • (file)

    Noun

    لوز (lōz) m (collective, singulative لوزة f (lōze))

    1. (uncountable) almond
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