𐭢𐭥𐭦

Middle Persian

Etymology

    From unattested Old Persian *angauza, probably ultimately from Old Iranian, with the preverb *han-, from Proto-Iranian *gauz- (“to hide, conceal”) (compare Sanskrit गूहति (gū́hati, “to cover, conceal”)), referring to the fact that the edible nut is enclosed in a green outer fruit wall.[1][2] Compare the cognates listed at Old Armenian ընկոյզ (ənkoyz).

    Noun

    𐭢𐭥𐭦 • (gwz /gawz/)

    1. walnut

    Descendants

    • Classical Persian: گوز (gōz)
      • → Hindustani:
        Hindi: गोज़ (goz)
        Urdu: گوز (goz)
    • → Arabic: جَوْز (jawz)
      • → Azerbaijani: cövz, cövüz, cəviz
      • → Baluchi: جئوز (jawz)
      • → Classical Persian: جَوز (jawz)
        • → Gujarati: જૌઝ (jaujh)
        • → Hindustani:
          Hindi: जौज़ (jauz)
          Urdu: جَوز (jauz)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: جوز (cevz)
    • → Aramaic: גוזא (gōzā) (from Old Persian)
      → Hebrew: אֱגוֹז (egóz)
    • → Azerbaijani: qoz

    References

    [1]

    1. ^ Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1982), Očerki po istorii leksiki pamirskix jazykov. Nazvanija kulʹturnyx rastenij [Essays on the history of Pamir languages. Names of cultivated plants] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 110—111
    2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 117
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