مازو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

مازی‎ (mazı)

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (mâzu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɑˈzu/, /mɑˈzɯ/

Noun

مازو • (mazu, mazı)

gall nut, oak apple, oak gall, gall apple, Aleppo gall
(usually مازو میشه‌سی (mazı meşesi) or مازو آغاجی (mazı ağacı)) gall oak, Aleppo oak (Quercus infectoria)
arbor vitae, thuja (Thuja spp.)

Derived terms

مازی طوزی‎ (mazı tozu, “gallic acid; tannic acid”)

Descendants

Turkish: mazı
→ Armenian: մազի (mazi)

References

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مازو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4237
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مازو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1656

Persian

Alternative forms

مازوج‎ (mâzuj), ماز‎ (mâz), ماجو‎ (mâju)

Etymology

Akin to Central Kurdish مازوو‎ (mazû), Northern Kurdish mazî, Southern Kurdish مازێ‎ (mazê), and Gurani مازوو‎ (mâzû), and Chinese 沒食子／没食子 (mòshízǐ), a Middle Iranian borrowing, all meaning the oak apple.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mɑːˈzuː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /mɑːˈzuː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mɒːˈzuː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /mɔˈzu/

Noun

مازو • (mâzu)

gall nut, oak apple, oak gall, gall apple, Aleppo gall
(usually (dâr mâzu)) gall oak, Aleppo oak (Quercus infectoria)

Derived terms

مازریون‎ (mâzaryun, “mezereon”)

Descendants

→ Hindi: माजूफल (mājūphal)
→ Urdu: ماجو‎ (mājū), مازو‎ (māzū), ماجوپهل‎ (mājūphal)
→ Ottoman Turkish: مازو‎ (mazu, mazı), مازی‎ (mazı)
- Turkish: mazı
- → Armenian: մազի (mazi)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “مازو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1140

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