مازو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • مازی (mazı)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مازو (mâzu, “gall nut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑˈzu/, /mɑˈzɯ/

Noun

مازو • (mazu or mazı)

  1. (botany) gall, nutgall, oak apple, a blister or growth found on the surface of plants, especially the Aleppo gall
    Synonym: عفص (ʼafs)
  2. Aleppo oak, any small oak native to Greece and Asia Minor of the species Quercus infectoria, best known for its galls
    Synonym: مازو میشه‌سی (mazı meşesi)
  3. arborvitae, thuja, any of the evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis

Derived terms

  • مازو آغاجی (mazı ağacı, “black oak”)
  • مازو بوجكی (mazı böceği, “gall wasp”)
  • مازو میشه‌سی (mazı meşesi, “Aleppo oak”)
  • مازی طوزی (mazı tozu, “tannic acid, tannin”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: mazı
  • → Armenian: մազի (mazi)

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Central Kurdish مازوو (mazû), Northern Kurdish mazî, Southern Kurdish مازێ (mazê), and Gurani مازوو (mâzû), and Chinese 沒食子 / 没食子 (mòshízǐ), a Middle Iranian borrowing, all meaning the oak apple.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? māzū
Dari reading? māzū
Iranian reading? mâzu
Tajik reading? mozu

Noun

مازو • (mâzu)

  1. gall nut, oak apple, oak gall, gall apple, Aleppo gall
  2. (usually دار مازو (dâr mâzu)) gall oak, Aleppo oak (Quercus infectoria)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hindi: माजूफल (mājūphal)
  • → Urdu: ماجو (mājū), مازو (māzū), ماجوپهل (mājūphal)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مازو (mazu, mazı), مازی (mazı)
    • Turkish: mazı
    • → Armenian: մազի (mazi)

References

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