кукуруз

Bashkir

Кукуруз

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز (kukuruz), perhaps via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian кукуру́за (kukurúza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku.ku.ˈruz]
• Hyphenation: ку‧ку‧руз

Noun

кукуруз • (kukuruz)

1. corn (U.S.), maize (British; Zea mays)

Declension

Inflection of кукуруз (kukuruz)

	singular only
absolute	кукуруз (kukuruz)
definite genitive	кукуруздың (kukuruzdıñ)
dative	кукурузға (kukuruzğa)
definite accusative	кукурузды (kukuruzdı)
locative	кукурузда (kukuruzda)
ablative	кукуруздан (kukuruzdan)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʊkʊˈrus]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) кукуру́з • (kukurúz) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of кукуру́за (kukurúza)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Cognate with Russian кукуру́за (kukurúza), Ukrainian кукуру́(д)з (kukurú(d)z), кукуру́(д)за (kukurú(d)za), Bulgarian кукуру́з (kukurúz), кукума́ра (kukumára), кукура́тка (kukurátka), Slovene kukuruza, kukorica, koruza, Polish kukurudza, kukurydza. German Kukuruz was borrowed from Slavic. A difficult word to ascertain the ultimate origin of.

The suggestion of a Slavic origin and a relationship to Serbo-Croatian kukurek (“hellebore”) and Bulgarian кукуря́к (kukurják, “hellebore”), Slovene kukurjav, kukurjast (“curled”) does not explain the word-form difficulties (-dz-). Compare Bulgarian момору́з (momorúz), моморо́з (momoróz, “corn, maize”), мамалига (mamaliga, “hominy”).

If the source were Romanian cucuruz, it should have originally had the meaning of "pine cones".

A noteworthy hypothesis for the source of "kukuru" is a word used for calling poultry for their feeding (with corn/maize).

The explanation that the term is borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز (kokoroz), ultimately from Albanian kokërrëz, from kokërr, remains frequently cited, but derivation from Turkic kokoros (“corn, maize”) was refuted by F. Miklošič and F. E. Korsch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kukǔruz/
• Hyphenation: ку‧ку‧руз

Noun

куку̀руз m (Latin spelling kukùruz)

1. corn
2. maize

Declension

Declension of кукуруз

	singular	plural
nominative	кукуруз	кукурузи
genitive	кукуруза	кукуруза
dative	кукурузу	кукурузима
accusative	кукуруз	кукурузе
vocative	кукурузе	кукурузи
locative	кукурузу	кукурузима
instrumental	кукурузом	кукурузима

Derived terms

• кукуру́за