𐭢𐭥𐭦

Middle Persian

Etymology

From unattested Old Persian *angauza, probably ultimately from Old Iranian *gauza- (nut), 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

  • Persian: گوز (gowz)
  • Arabic: جَوْز (jawz)
    • Azerbaijani: cövz, cövüz, cəviz
    • Baluchi: جئوز (jawz)
    • Ottoman Turkish: جوز (cevz)
    • Persian: جوز (jowz)
  • Azerbaijani: qoz

References

  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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