لوز

See also: لور

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic לוּזָא /‎ ܠܽܘܙܳܐ (lūzā), from Middle Persian lwc (lōz, almond) in lwcynk' (lawzēnag/lōzēnag, almond sweetmeat, marzipan) (Persian لوز (lowz, almond)).

Noun

لَوْز (lawz) m (collective, singulative لَوْزَة (lawza))

  1. almond
  2. almond tree
  3. tonsil
  4. (singulative only) amygdala

Declension

References

  • lwz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Corriente, Federico (2005), لوز”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (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 (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 135
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 153–155
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 374
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), لوز”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1173–1174

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian lwc (lōz, almond) in lwcynk' (lawzēnag/lōzēnag, almond sweetmeat, marzipan). Compare Arabic لوزینج (lawzīnaj), a Middle Persian borrowing. Cognate with Latin nux.

Noun

Dari Persian لوز
Iranian Persian لوز
Tajiki Persian лавз (lavz)

لوز (lowz, luz)

  1. almond
  2. a type of marzipan

Derived terms

  • لوزینه (lowzine)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “lawzēnag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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