لوز

See also: لور

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic לוּזָא /‎ ܠܽܘܙܳܐ (lūzā), from Middle Persian lwc (lōz, “almond”) in lwcynk' (lawzēnag/lōzēnag, “almond sweetmeat, marzipan”) (Persian لوز (lowz, “almond”)).

Noun

لَوْز • (lawz) m (collective, singulative لَوْزَة f (lawza))

1. almond
2. almond tree
3. tonsil
4. (singulative only) amygdala

Declension

Declension of noun لَوْز (lawz)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْز lawz	اللَّوْز al-lawz	لَوْز lawz
Nominative	لَوْزٌ lawzun	اللَّوْزُ al-lawzu	لَوْزُ lawzu
Accusative	لَوْزًا lawzan	اللَّوْزَ al-lawza	لَوْزَ lawza
Genitive	لَوْزٍ lawzin	اللَّوْزِ al-lawzi	لَوْزِ lawzi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْزَة lawza	اللَّوْزَة al-lawza	لَوْزَة lawzat
Nominative	لَوْزَةٌ lawzatun	اللَّوْزَةُ al-lawzatu	لَوْزَةُ lawzatu
Accusative	لَوْزَةً lawzatan	اللَّوْزَةَ al-lawzata	لَوْزَةَ lawzata
Genitive	لَوْزَةٍ lawzatin	اللَّوْزَةِ al-lawzati	لَوْزَةِ lawzati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْزَتَيْن lawzatayn	اللَّوْزَتَيْن al-lawzatayn	لَوْزَتَيْ lawzatay
Nominative	لَوْزَتَانِ lawzatāni	اللَّوْزَتَانِ al-lawzatāni	لَوْزَتَا lawzatā
Accusative	لَوْزَتَيْنِ lawzatayni	اللَّوْزَتَيْنِ al-lawzatayni	لَوْزَتَيْ lawzatay
Genitive	لَوْزَتَيْنِ lawzatayni	اللَّوْزَتَيْنِ al-lawzatayni	لَوْزَتَيْ lawzatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْزَات lawzāt	اللَّوْزَات al-lawzāt	لَوْزَات lawzāt
Nominative	لَوْزَاتٌ lawzātun	اللَّوْزَاتُ al-lawzātu	لَوْزَاتُ lawzātu
Accusative	لَوْزَاتٍ lawzātin	اللَّوْزَاتِ al-lawzāti	لَوْزَاتِ lawzāti
Genitive	لَوْزَاتٍ lawzātin	اللَّوْزَاتِ al-lawzāti	لَوْزَاتِ lawzāti

References

• “lwz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Corriente, Federico (2005) “لوز”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 1073
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 145
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “لوز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 135
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 153–155
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 374
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “لوز”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1173–1174

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Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian lwc (lōz, “almond”) in lwcynk' (lawzēnag/lōzēnag, “almond sweetmeat, marzipan”). Compare Arabic لوزينج (lawzīnaj), a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian borrowing. Cognate with Latin nux.

Noun

Dari	لوز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лавз

لوز • (lowz, luz)

1. almond
2. a type of marzipan

Derived terms

• لوزینه (lowzine)

References

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