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.zá]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰuː.zé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɵ.zá]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kōzá, kūzá |
| Dari reading? | kōza |
| Iranian reading? | kuze |
| Tajik reading? | küza |
Noun
کوزه • (kōza / kuze) (plural کوزهها (kōza-hā / kuze-hâ), Tajik spelling кӯза)
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
- → Chagatai: کوزه (kōzä)
- Uyghur: كوزا (koza)
- Uzbek: koʻza
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: कूज़ा (kūzā)
- Urdu: کُوزَہ (kūza)
- → English: cooja
- → Kazakh: көзе (köze)
- → Northern Luri: کیزںە (kizə)
- → Malay: koja
- Indonesian: koja
- → Turkmen: küýze
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