کوزه

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian կուժ (kuž), Rutul кӏуж (ḳuž), Classical Syriac ܟܘܙܐ (kūzā), Arabic كُوز (kūz), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kuː.ˈza]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuː.zǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuː.zǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰuː.zǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰu.zǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuː.zé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰu.zǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kūza
Dari reading?	kūza
Iranian reading?	kuze
Tajik reading?	kuza

Noun

Dari	کوزه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	куза

کوزه • (kuze)

1. earthen bottle with a long narrow neck for water

Descendants

• → Chagatai: کوزه (küze)
  • → Kazakh: көзе (köze)
• → Hindi: कूज़ा (kūzā)
  • → English: cooja
• → Malay: koja
  • Indonesian: koja

References

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