لوز
See also: لور
Arabic
Etymology
From Aramaic לוּזָא / ܠܽܘܙܳܐ (lūzā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lawz/
Noun
لَوْز • (lawz) m (collective, singulative لَوْزَة f (lawza))
- almond
- almond tree
- tonsil
- (singulative only) amygdala
Declension
| 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 |
Descendants
- Maltese: lewż
- Moroccan Arabic: لوز (lawz, lūz)
- South Levantine Arabic: لوز (lōz)
- → Amharic: ለውዝ (läwz)
- → Middle Armenian: լավզ (lavz)
- → Ottoman Turkish: لوز (levz)
- Turkish: levz
- → Persian: لوز (lowz)
- → Swahili: lozi
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
Hijazi Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ل و ز |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /loːz/, [lo̞ːz]
Noun
لوز • (lōz) m (collective, singulative لوزة f (lōza), paucal لوزات (lōzāt))
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /luwaz/
Noun
لوز • (luwaz) m (collective, singulative لوزة f (lōza))
Moroccan Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ل و ز |
| 1 term |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lawz/, /luːz/
Audio: (file)
Noun
لوز • (lawz, lūz) m (collective, singulative لوزة f (lawza, lūz), paucal لوزات (lawzāt, lūzāt))
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /law.waz/
Verb
لوز • (lawwaz) II (non-past يلوز (ylawwaz), verbal noun تلواز (talwāz), active participle ملوز (mlawwaz))
- to belly dance
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| past | m | لوّزت (lawwazt) | لوّزتي (lawwazti) | لوّز (lawwaz) | لوّزنا (lawwazna) | لوّزتوا (lawwaztu) | لوّزوا (lawwzu) | |
| f | لوّزت (lawwzāt) | |||||||
| non-past | m | نلوّز (nlawwaz) | تلوّز (tlawwaz) | يلوّز (ylawwaz) | نلوّزوا (nlawwzu) | تلوّزوا (tlawwzu) | يلوّزوا (ylawwzu) | |
| f | تلوّزي (tlawwzi) | تلوّز (tlawwaz) | ||||||
| imperative | m | لوّز (lawwaz) | لوّزوا (lawwzu) | |||||
| f | لوّزي (lawwzi) | |||||||
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لَوْز (lawz, “almond”).
Noun
لوز • (levz)
- almond, the nut produced by the small tree Prunus amygdalus
- Synonym: بادم (badem)
Derived terms
- لوز هندی (levz hindi, “cocoa”)
- لوزی (levzî, “pertaining to almonds”)
- لوزینه (levzine, “sweetmeat of pounded almonds”)
Descendants
- Turkish: levz
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “levz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2960
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[6] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1083
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “لوز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[7], Vienna, column 4206
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1643
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لَوْز (lawz).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈlawz/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [läwz]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [lowz]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [läwz]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | lawz |
| Dari reading? | lawz |
| Iranian reading? | lowz |
| Tajik reading? | lavz |
Noun
| Dari | لوز |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | лавз |
لوز • (lowz)
Related terms
- لوزینه (lowzine)
References
- ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لوز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1131
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
لوز • (lōz) m (collective, singulative لوزة f (lōze))
- (uncountable) almond