كزاز

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Arabic

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Root
ك ز ز (k z z)
1 term

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ku.zaːz/ or IPA(key): /kuz.zaːz/

Noun

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كُزَاز or كُزَّاز (kuzāz or kuzzāz?

  1. tetanus

Descendants

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  • Ottoman Turkish: كزاز (küzaz)
    • Turkish: küzaz
  • Persian: کزاز (kozâz)

References

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Wehr, Hans (1979) “كزاز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic كُزَاز (kuzāz, tetanus).

Noun

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كزاز (küzaz)

  1. (pathology) tetanus, a disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani

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