خز

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See also: جر, جز, حر, خر, چر, and جڑ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Directly from Middle Persian [script needed] (kač). Doublet of قَزّ (qazz), which was borrowed via Aramaic. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

خَزّ (ḵazzm (plural خُزُوز (ḵuzūz))

  1. Alternative form of قَزّ (qazz, silkware)
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

خَزَّ (ḵazza) I, non-past يَخُزُّ‎ (yaḵuzzu)

  1. to poke, to sting, to pierce, to transfix
Conjugation

References


Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

خز (xaz) (plural خزها (xaz-hâ))

  1. (archaic) marten
  2. fur

References

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