کوژ

Persian

Etymology 1

Compare کژ (kaž, “crooked”).

Alternative forms

Adjective

کوژ • (kuž)

  1. convex
    Synonym: محدب (mohaddab)
    Antonym: کاو (kâv)

Etymology 2

Compare غوره (ğure, “unripe grapes”).

Noun

کوژ • (kewž, kuviž)

  1. (obsolete) fruit of the medlar
Descendants
  • → Arabic: كِوَز (kiwaz), كُوِز (kuwiz)

References
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کوژ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 913b
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