kukurydza

• kokoryca, kukuruca, kukurudz, kukurudza, kukuryca (obsolete)

Attested at least since 1791. A Balkan wanderword of unknown origin, perhaps from Ukrainian кукуру́дза (kukurúdza), Serbo-Croatian kukuruz, or Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز. The penultimate vowel in the modern form is likely due to paronymic attraction to the common suffix -yca. Compare Czech kukuřice.

• IPA^(key): /ku.kuˈrɘ.d͡za/

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• Rhymes: -ɘd͡za
• Syllabification: ku‧ku‧ry‧dza

kukurydza f (related adjective kukurydziany or kukurydzowy)

2. (uncountable) maize, corn (any plant of the genus Zea)
   • 1791, Franciszek Salezy Jezierski, Niektóre wyrazy porządkiem abecadła zebrane:

     Wołochy zaś, Mołdawia, Bessarabia, Tauryka, są Uroczyska, na ktòrych rodzą się kukurydze i arbuzy, a ziemia przez ustawiczne woyny Turkow i Moskwy uprawna rozlewem krwi, iest mieszkaniem stado bydła, owiec i koni.

     Tallachia, Moldova, Bessarabia, Tauryka, on the other hand, are woods where corn and watermelons grow, and the ground is kept with bloodshed from the incessant wars between the Turks and Moscow, and there is a herd of cattle, sheep, and horses.

4. (countable) maize, corn (grain of Zea mays)
6. (countable) corncob (central cylindrical core of an ear of maize on which the kernels are attached in rows)

   Synonym: kolba

• kukurydza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kukurydza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kukurydza in PWN's encyclopedia