قز

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See also: فز, قر, فر, قژ, and فژ

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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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.

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Noun

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قَزّ (qazzm (plural قُزُوز (quzūz))

  1. silk, silkware
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Descendants
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  • Middle Armenian: կազ (kaz)
  • Catalan: gasa
  • Spanish: gasa
  • French: gaze

Etymology 2

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Verb

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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
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Gulf Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Isfahanian gaz

From Persian گز (gaz, gaz, nougat).

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Noun

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قز (gazm

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

Etymology 2

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According to Kuwaiti linguist Yusuf Al-Bader, it is a borrowing From English gaze.[1]

Noun

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قز (gazz?

  1. purposeless wandering, especially in shopping malls
    Synonym: فرارة (frāra)

Verb

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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!

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  1. ^ Alwatan Daily. 22-5-2012." يوسف البدر يستعرض كلمات كويتية اصولها الاولى بريطانية في جامعة شيفيلد بالمملكة المتحدة". Presentation by Hadi Darwish.

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, silk).

Noun

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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

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