عجوزه

See also: عجوزة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَجُوزَة (ʕajūza), feminine of عَجُوز (ʕajūz).

Noun

عجوزه • (acuze)

  1. old woman
  2. (derogatory) bitter, treacherous, or mean old woman; shrew; witch

Descendants

  • Turkish: acuze

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “acuze”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عجوزه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 840
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عجوزه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1287
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