کوزه‌

Persian

یک کوزه‌ی لعاب‌دار

a glazed pottery vase

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to کوژ (kuž) and گوژ (guž).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kuː.ˈza]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuː.zǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuː.zǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰuː.zǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰu.zǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuː.zé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰu.zǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kūza
Dari reading?	kūza
Iranian reading?	kuze
Tajik reading?	kuza

Noun

کوزه‌ • (kuze) (plural کوزه‌ها (kuze-hâ))

1. a pottery vase with a long neck
2. an urn

Synonyms

• خُم (xom)
• خُمره (xomre)
• سَبو (sabu)

Derived terms

• کوزه‌گر (kuze-gar, “potter”)
• کوزه‌گری (kuze-gari, “pottery”)
• فوتِ کوزه‌گری (fut-e-kuze-gari, literally “the potter's blow”)
• کوزه‌گر از کوزه شکسته آب می‌خورد (kuze-gar az kuze šekaste âb mi-xorad)

Related terms

• سفالینه (sofâline, “pottery”)

Adjective

کوزه‌ • (kuze) (comparative کوزه‌تَر (kuze-tar), superlative کوزه‌تَرین (kuze-tarin))

1. (archaic) hunchbacked
2. (archaic) convex

Alternative forms

• کوز (kuz)

Synonyms

• کوژ (kuž, “convex”)
• گوژ (guž, “hunchbacked”)

Derived terms

• کوزه‌پُشت (kuze-pošt, “hunchback”)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کوزه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press