𐭢𐭥𐭦

Middle Persian

Etymology

From unattested Old Persian *angauza, probably ultimately from Old Iranian, with the preverb *han-, from Proto-Iranian *gauz- (“to hide, conceal”) (compare Sanskrit गूहति (gū́hati, “to cover, conceal”)), referring to the fact that the edible nut is enclosed in a green outer fruit wall. Compare the cognates listed at Old Armenian ընկոյզ (ənkoyz).

Noun

𐭢𐭥𐭦 • (gwz /gawz/)

1. walnut

Descendants

• Classical Persian: گوز (gōz)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: गोज़ (goz)

    Urdu: گوز (goz)

• → Arabic: جَوْز (jawz)
  • → Azerbaijani: cövz, cövüz, cəviz
  • → Baluchi: جئوز (jawz)
  • → Classical Persian: جَوز (jawz)
    • → Gujarati: જૌઝ (jaujh)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: जौज़ (jauz)

      Urdu: جَوز (jauz)

  • → Ottoman Turkish: جوز (cevz)
    • Turkish: ceviz
• → Aramaic: גוזא (gōzā) (from Old Persian)

  → Hebrew: אֱגוֹז (egóz)

• → Azerbaijani: qoz

References

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