کوزه
Persian
یک کوزهی لعابدار ― a glazed pottery vase
Etymology 1
Akin to Old Armenian կուժ (kuž), Rutul кӏуж (ḳuž), Classical Syriac ܟܘܙܐ (kūzā), Arabic كُوز (kūz), Iranian borrowings. Related to کوژ (kuž) and گوژ (guž).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /koː.ˈza/, /kuː.ˈza/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰoː.zǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰuː.zé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɵ.zǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kōzá, kūzá |
| Dari reading? | kōza |
| Iranian reading? | kuze |
| Tajik reading? | küza |
Noun
کوزه • (kuze) (plural کوزهها)
Derived terms
- فوتِ کوزهگری (fut-e-kuze-gari, literally “the potter's blow”)
- کوزهگر (kuze-gar, “potter”)
- کوزهگر از کوزه شکسته آب میخورد (kuze-gar az kuze šekaste âb mi-xorad)
- کوزهگری (kuze-gari, “pottery”)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Akin to Middle Armenian կուզ (kuz), an Iranian borrowing. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
کوزه • (kuze) (comparative کوزهتَر, superlative کوزهتَرین)
- (archaic) hunchbacked
- Synonym: گوژ (guž, “hunchbacked”)
- (archaic) convex
- Synonym: کوژ (kuž)
Derived terms
- کوزهپُشت (kuze-pošt, “hunchback”)
Further reading
- Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “کوزه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 296
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کوزه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کوزه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- “کوزه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025