قزاز

See also: فرار, قرار, and فراز

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

Possibly from the metathesis of the Arabic زُجَاج (zujāj, “glass”). zujāj → juzāz → guzāz → ʾizāz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔeˈzæːz]

Noun

قزاز • (ʔizāz) m

1. glass
2. window pane

Alternative forms

• ازاز (ʔizāz)

Derived terms

• لوح قزاز
• قزازة

Etymology 2

Derived from قزاز (ʔizāz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔæˈzːæːz]

Noun

قزاز • (ʔazzāz) m (plural قزازين (ʔazzazīn))

1. window pane and mirror seller
2. (obsolete) weaver

References

• Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ز ز
2 terms

Etymology

Possibly from the metathesis of the Arabic زُجَاج (zujāj, “glass”) → جُزَاز juzāz → قُزَاز guzāz, by the influence of قَزَّاز (qazzāz, “sericulturist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.ˈzaːz/, [ɡʊˈzaːz]

Noun

قزاز • (guzāz) m pl

1. glass
2. windowpane

Related terms

• قُزازة (guzāza, “bottle, a piece of glass”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Possibly from the metathesis of the Arabic زُجَاج (zujāj, “glass”) → جُزَاز juzāz → قُزَاز quzāz, by the influence of قَزَّاز (qazzāz, “sericulturist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔi.zaːz/, [ʔiˈzæːz]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡi.zaːz/, [ɡiˈzæːz]

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Noun

قزاز • (ʔizāz) m

1. glass (material)
2. pane of glass

See also

• كباية (kubbāye, “glass (drinking vessel)”)
• كاسة (kāse, “glass (drinking vessel)”)
• اللي بيته من قزاز، برميش الناس بالطوب (illi bēto min ʔazāz, birmī-š in-nās biṭ-ṭūb, “People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.”)