لوز

See also: لور

Arabic

Etymology

    From Aramaic לוּזָא or Classical Syriac ܠܽܘܙܳܐ (lūzā).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /lawz/

    Noun

    لَوْز • (lawzm (collective, singulative لَوْزَة f (lawza))

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

    Declension

    Declension of noun لَوْز (lawz)
    collective basic collective triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal لَوْز
    lawz
    اللَّوْز
    al-lawz
    لَوْز
    lawz
    nominative لَوْزٌ
    lawzun
    اللَّوْزُ
    al-lawzu
    لَوْزُ
    lawzu
    accusative لَوْزًا
    lawzan
    اللَّوْزَ
    al-lawza
    لَوْزَ
    lawza
    genitive لَوْزٍ
    lawzin
    اللَّوْزِ
    al-lawzi
    لَوْزِ
    lawzi
    singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal لَوْزَة
    lawza
    اللَّوْزَة
    al-lawza
    لَوْزَة
    lawzat
    nominative لَوْزَةٌ
    lawzatun
    اللَّوْزَةُ
    al-lawzatu
    لَوْزَةُ
    lawzatu
    accusative لَوْزَةً
    lawzatan
    اللَّوْزَةَ
    al-lawzata
    لَوْزَةَ
    lawzata
    genitive لَوْزَةٍ
    lawzatin
    اللَّوْزَةِ
    al-lawzati
    لَوْزَةِ
    lawzati
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal لَوْزَتَيْن
    lawzatayn
    اللَّوْزَتَيْن
    al-lawzatayn
    لَوْزَتَيْ
    lawzatay
    nominative لَوْزَتَانِ
    lawzatāni
    اللَّوْزَتَانِ
    al-lawzatāni
    لَوْزَتَا
    lawzatā
    accusative لَوْزَتَيْنِ
    lawzatayni
    اللَّوْزَتَيْنِ
    al-lawzatayni
    لَوْزَتَيْ
    lawzatay
    genitive لَوْزَتَيْنِ
    lawzatayni
    اللَّوْزَتَيْنِ
    al-lawzatayni
    لَوْزَتَيْ
    lawzatay
    paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
    indefinite definite construct
    informal لَوْزَات
    lawzāt
    اللَّوْزَات
    al-lawzāt
    لَوْزَات
    lawzāt
    nominative لَوْزَاتٌ
    lawzātun
    اللَّوْزَاتُ
    al-lawzātu
    لَوْزَاتُ
    lawzātu
    accusative لَوْزَاتٍ
    lawzātin
    اللَّوْزَاتِ
    al-lawzāti
    لَوْزَاتِ
    lawzāti
    genitive لَوْزَاتٍ
    lawzātin
    اللَّوْزَاتِ
    al-lawzāti
    لَوْزَاتِ
    lawzāti

    Descendants

    • Maltese: lewż
    • Moroccan Arabic: لوز (lawz, lūz)
    • South Levantine Arabic: لوز (lōz)
    • Amharic: ለውዝ (läwz)
    • Middle Armenian: լավզ (lavz)
    • Ottoman Turkish: لوز (levz)
    • Persian: لوز (lowz)
    • Swahili: lozi

    References

    • lwz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
    • Corriente, Federico (2005), “لوز”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe[1] (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[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 135
    • Löw, Immanuel (1924), Die Flora der Juden[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 153–155
    • Löw, Immanuel (1881), Aramæische Pflanzennamen[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →DOI, page 374
    • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “لوز”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1173–1174

    Hijazi Arabic

    Root
    ل و ز
    1 term

    Etymology

    From Arabic لَوْز (lawz).

    Pronunciation 1

    • IPA(key): /loːz/, [lo̞ːz]

    Noun

    لوز • (lōzm (collective, singulative لوزة f (lōza), paucal لوزات (lōzāt))

    1. almond

    Pronunciation 2

    • IPA(key): /luwaz/

    Noun

    لوز • (luwazm (collective, singulative لوزة f (lōza))

    1. tonsils

    Moroccan Arabic

    Root
    ل و ز
    1 term

    Etymology 1

    From Arabic لَوْز (lawz).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /lawz/, /luːz/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    لوز • (lawz, lūzm (collective, singulative لوزة f (lawza, lūz), paucal لوزات (lawzāt, lūzāt))

    1. almonds
      Synonym: نوى (nwa)

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /law.waz/

    Verb

    لوز • (lawwaz) II (non-past يلوز (ylawwaz), verbal noun تلواز (talwāz), active participle ملوز (mlawwaz))

    1. to belly dance
    Conjugation
    Conjugation of لوز
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m لوّزت (lawwazt) لوّزتي (lawwazti) لوّز (lawwaz) لوّزنا (lawwazna) لوّزتوا (lawwaztu) لوّزوا (lawwzu)
    f لوّزت (lawwzāt)
    non-past m نلوّز (nlawwaz) تلوّز (tlawwaz) يلوّز (ylawwaz) نلوّزوا (nlawwzu) تلوّزوا (tlawwzu) يلوّزوا (ylawwzu)
    f تلوّزي (tlawwzi) تلوّز (tlawwaz)
    imperative m لوّز (lawwaz) لوّزوا (lawwzu)
    f لوّزي (lawwzi)

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic لَوْز (lawz, almond).

    Noun

    لوز • (levz)

    1. almond, the nut produced by the small tree Prunus amygdalus
      Synonym: بادم (badem)

    Derived terms

    • لوز هندی (levz hindi, cocoa)
    • لوزی (levzî, pertaining to almonds)
    • لوزینه (levzine, sweetmeat of pounded almonds)

    Descendants

    Further reading

    Persian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic لَوْز (lawz).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? lawz
    Dari reading? lawz
    Iranian reading? lowz
    Tajik reading? lavz

    Noun

    لوز • (lawz / lowz) (Tajik spelling лавз)

    1. almond
    2. a type of marzipan

    References

    1. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “لوز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1131

    South Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic لَوْز (lawz).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    لوز • (lōzm (collective, singulative لوزة f (lōze))

    1. (uncountable) almond