خز

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See also: جر, جز, حر, خر, چر, and جڑ

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Directly from Middle Persian [script needed] (kač). Doublet of قَزّ (qazz), which was borrowed via Aramaic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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خَزّ (ḵazzm (plural خُزُوز (ḵuzūz))

  1. Alternative form of قَزّ (qazz, silkware)
    • a. 869, الْجَاحِظ [al-jāḥiẓ], “باب ما يُجلب من البلدان من طرائف السلع والأمتعة والجواري والأحجار وغير ذلك [What one imports from strange countries in items, commodities, she-slaves, stones and else.]”, in التَبَصُّر بِٱلتِّجَارَة [at-tabaṣṣur bi-t-tijāra]‎[1]:
      ومن الأهواز ونواحيها: السُّكَّر والدِّيباج الخَز.
      From al-Ahwaz one gets sugar and silk-brocades.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Persian خز (xaz).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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خَزّ (ḵazzm (plural خُزُوز (ḵuzūz))

  1. marten
  2. (obsolete) otter
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Etymology 3

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Probably from خ ص ص (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ) “to touch and thereby cut off”, senses seen more in خ ص ر (ḵ-ṣ-r), with Aramaic parallel in Classical Syriac ܐܶܬܚܰܙܰܙ (ʾetḥazzaz, to penetrate).

Verb

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خَزَّ (ḵazza) I (non-past يَخُزُّ (yaḵuzzu), verbal noun خَزّ (ḵazz))

  1. to poke, to sting, to pierce, to transfix
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Gulf Arabic

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Root
خ ز ز
1 term

Etymology

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Compare Moroccan Arabic خزر (ḵzar), خنزر (ḵanzar).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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خز (ḵazz) I (non-past يخز (yḵizz))

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to stare, to gaze, to look at someone (or something) for a prolonged period of time.

Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hz /⁠xaz⁠/, marten). See also Armenian ախազ (axaz).

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Readings
Classical reading? xaz
Dari reading? xaz
Iranian reading? xaz
Tajik reading? xaz

Noun

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خز (xaz) (plural خزها (xaz-hâ))

  1. (archaic) marten
  2. fur

Descendants

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  • Arabic: خَزّ (ḵazz)

References

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