قز

See also: فز, قر, فر, قژ, and فژ

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic קָזָא / קָאזָא (qāzzā, “floss silk, cotton-seed”) from Middle Persian [script needed] (kač) (New Persian کژ (kaž)), which has also been borrowed directly as خَزّ (ḵazz). See the New Persian entry for more.

Alternative forms

• خَزّ (ḵazz)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qazz/

Noun

قَزّ • (qazz) m (plural قُزُوز (quzūz))

1. silk, silkware

Declension

Declension of noun قَزّ (qazz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَزّ qazz	الْقَزّ al-qazz	قَزّ qazz
Nominative	قَزٌّ qazzun	الْقَزُّ al-qazzu	قَزُّ qazzu
Accusative	قَزًّا qazzan	الْقَزَّ al-qazza	قَزَّ qazza
Genitive	قَزٍّ qazzin	الْقَزِّ al-qazzi	قَزِّ qazzi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَزَّيْن qazzayn	الْقَزَّيْن al-qazzayn	قَزَّيْ qazzay
Nominative	قَزَّانِ qazzāni	الْقَزَّانِ al-qazzāni	قَزَّا qazzā
Accusative	قَزَّيْنِ qazzayni	الْقَزَّيْنِ al-qazzayni	قَزَّيْ qazzay
Genitive	قَزَّيْنِ qazzayni	الْقَزَّيْنِ al-qazzayni	قَزَّيْ qazzay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُزُوز quzūz	الْقُزُوز al-quzūz	قُزُوز quzūz
Nominative	قُزُوزٌ quzūzun	الْقُزُوزُ al-quzūzu	قُزُوزُ quzūzu
Accusative	قُزُوزًا quzūzan	الْقُزُوزَ al-quzūza	قُزُوزَ quzūza
Genitive	قُزُوزٍ quzūzin	الْقُزُوزِ al-quzūzi	قُزُوزِ quzūzi

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: կազ (kaz)
• → Catalan: gasa
• → Spanish: gasa
• → French: gaze
  • → English: gauze
  • → Danish: gaze
  • → German: Gaze
  • → Polish: gaza
  • → Russian: газ (gaz)
  • → Scots: gais, gaes

Etymology 2

Verb

قَزَّ • (qazza) I (non-past يَقُزُّ (yaquzzu), verbal noun قَزّ (qazz) or قَزَازَة (qazāza))

1. to abhor, to shrink in the soul from, to detest, to loathe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of قَزَّ (I, geminate, a ~ u, full passive (?), verbal nouns قَزّ, قَزَازَة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						قَزّ, قَزَازَة qazz, qazāza
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						قَازّ qāzz
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَقْزُوز maqzūz
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	قَزَزْتُ qazaztu	قَزَزْتَ qazazta	قَزَّ qazza		قَزَزْتُمَا qazaztumā	قَزَّا qazzā		قَزَزْنَا qazaznā	قَزَزْتُمْ qazaztum	قَزُّوا qazzū
	f		قَزَزْتِ qazazti	قَزَّتْ qazzat			قَزَّتَا qazzatā			قَزَزْتُنَّ qazaztunna	قَزَزْنَ qazazna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَقُزُّ ʔaquzzu	تَقُزُّ taquzzu	يَقُزُّ yaquzzu		تَقُزَّانِ taquzzāni	يَقُزَّانِ yaquzzāni		نَقُزُّ naquzzu	تَقُزُّونَ taquzzūna	يَقُزُّونَ yaquzzūna
	f		تَقُزِّينَ taquzzīna	تَقُزُّ taquzzu			تَقُزَّانِ taquzzāni			تَقْزُزْنَ taqzuzna	يَقْزُزْنَ yaqzuzna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَقُزَّ ʔaquzza	تَقُزَّ taquzza	يَقُزَّ yaquzza		تَقُزَّا taquzzā	يَقُزَّا yaquzzā		نَقُزَّ naquzza	تَقُزُّوا taquzzū	يَقُزُّوا yaquzzū
	f		تَقُزِّي taquzzī	تَقُزَّ taquzza			تَقُزَّا taquzzā			تَقْزُزْنَ taqzuzna	يَقْزُزْنَ yaqzuzna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَقُزَّ, أَقُزِّ, أَقْزُزْ ʔaquzza, ʔaquzzi, ʔaqzuz	تَقُزَّ, تَقُزِّ, تَقْزُزْ taquzza, taquzzi, taqzuz	يَقُزَّ, يَقُزِّ, يَقْزُزْ yaquzza, yaquzzi, yaqzuz		تَقُزَّا taquzzā	يَقُزَّا yaquzzā		نَقُزَّ, نَقُزِّ, نَقْزُزْ naquzza, naquzzi, naqzuz	تَقُزُّوا taquzzū	يَقُزُّوا yaquzzū
	f		تَقُزِّي taquzzī	تَقُزَّ, تَقُزِّ, تَقْزُزْ taquzza, taquzzi, taqzuz			تَقُزَّا taquzzā			تَقْزُزْنَ taqzuzna	يَقْزُزْنَ yaqzuzna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		قُزَّ, قُزِّ, اُقْزُزْ quzza, quzzi, uqzuz			قُزَّا quzzā				قُزُّوا quzzū
	f		قُزِّي quzzī							اُقْزُزْنَ uqzuzna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	قُزِزْتُ quziztu	قُزِزْتَ quzizta	قُزَّ quzza		قُزِزْتُمَا quziztumā	قُزَّا quzzā		قُزِزْنَا quziznā	قُزِزْتُمْ quziztum	قُزُّوا quzzū
	f		قُزِزْتِ quzizti	قُزَّتْ quzzat			قُزَّتَا quzzatā			قُزِزْتُنَّ quziztunna	قُزِزْنَ quzizna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُقَزُّ ʔuqazzu	تُقَزُّ tuqazzu	يُقَزُّ yuqazzu		تُقَزَّانِ tuqazzāni	يُقَزَّانِ yuqazzāni		نُقَزُّ nuqazzu	تُقَزُّونَ tuqazzūna	يُقَزُّونَ yuqazzūna
	f		تُقَزِّينَ tuqazzīna	تُقَزُّ tuqazzu			تُقَزَّانِ tuqazzāni			تُقْزَزْنَ tuqzazna	يُقْزَزْنَ yuqzazna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُقَزَّ ʔuqazza	تُقَزَّ tuqazza	يُقَزَّ yuqazza		تُقَزَّا tuqazzā	يُقَزَّا yuqazzā		نُقَزَّ nuqazza	تُقَزُّوا tuqazzū	يُقَزُّوا yuqazzū
	f		تُقَزِّي tuqazzī	تُقَزَّ tuqazza			تُقَزَّا tuqazzā			تُقْزَزْنَ tuqzazna	يُقْزَزْنَ yuqzazna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُقَزَّ, أُقَزِّ, أُقْزَزْ ʔuqazza, ʔuqazzi, ʔuqzaz	تُقَزَّ, تُقَزِّ, تُقْزَزْ tuqazza, tuqazzi, tuqzaz	يُقَزَّ, يُقَزِّ, يُقْزَزْ yuqazza, yuqazzi, yuqzaz		تُقَزَّا tuqazzā	يُقَزَّا yuqazzā		نُقَزَّ, نُقَزِّ, نُقْزَزْ nuqazza, nuqazzi, nuqzaz	تُقَزُّوا tuqazzū	يُقَزُّوا yuqazzū
	f		تُقَزِّي tuqazzī	تُقَزَّ, تُقَزِّ, تُقْزَزْ tuqazza, tuqazzi, tuqzaz			تُقَزَّا tuqazzā			تُقْزَزْنَ tuqzazna	يُقْزَزْنَ yuqzazna

References

• “qz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Asbaghi, Asya (2008) “Persian Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 582
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 41–42
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 438–439
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “قز”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2519–2520
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 240

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1

Isfahanian gaz

From Persian گز (gaz, “gaz, nougat”).

Alternative forms

• گز (gaz)

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ɡɐz/

Noun

قز • (gaz) m

1. (uncountable) an Iranian sweet similar to nougat.

Etymology 2

According to Kuwaiti linguist Yusuf Al-Bader, it is a borrowing From English gaze.

Noun

قز • (gazz) ?

1. purposeless wandering, especially in shopping malls

   Synonym: فرارة (frāra)

Verb

قز • (gazz)

1. to idle time by wandering around purposelessly, especially in shopping malls; to gallivant; to potter; to dawdle; to saunter; to loaf; to mosey

   Synonyms: حاس (ḥās), فر (farr)

2. to mooch.
   • 2008 December 28, Faisal Abdelrahman il-Baidan, “ابتسم‮ ‬أنت‮ ‬كويتي”, in Alshahed Daily‎^[4]:

     "...‬وتنطر تخلص قز علشان تروح حق مطعم المشكل بـ‮ ‬100‮ ‬والشاورما بربع‮.‬"

     ... and [you] wait until [you] finish wandering around purposelessly so you get to go to the 100 Fils Mshakkal restaurant and the qurater [[[Dinar]]] Shawarma restaurant.

   • 2010 October 10, “كواليس”, in Alanbaa Daily‎^[5]:

     "مخرج توهق بفنان شاب مو ملتزم بتصوير مشاهده في مسلسله اليديد بسبة إنه مشغول مع والدته المريضة وبعد مراقبته طلع مقزرها قز بالمجمعات التجارية والقهاوي.. استبدله وفك عمرك! ‬"

     A director is having issues with an undisciplined young actor who can't do his scenes because he is busy with [taking care of] his ill mother, and after monitoring him it was revealed that he was spending all his time in shopping malls and coffee shops... Replace him and find salvation!

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”).

Noun

قز • (kazz, kaz)

1. silk, a fine fiber excreted by the silkworm

   Synonyms: ابرشیم (ibrişim), ایپك (ipek), حریر (harir)

2. raw silk, silk that has not been processed
3. silkware woven from spun or refuse silk

Descendants

• Turkish: kaz

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kaz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2504
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[6], Constantinople: Mihran, page 959
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sericum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[7], Vienna, column 1545
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[8], Vienna, column 3687
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[9], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1453