See also: کفش دوزک

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Etymology edit

Disputed. Could be from an earlier *کوژدوشَک = کوژ (kuž, convex) +‎ دوش (duš, shoulder, back) +‎ ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix), "the little hunchback" (also see گوژپُشت), or from کُش (koš) +‎ شَتو (šatu) +‎ زَک (zak), literally the killer of aphid pests. Analyzable in Modern Persian as کفش‌دوز (kafš-duz, shoe maker) +‎ ـک (ak, diminutive suffix), literally the little shoemaker (etymologically debunked).

Noun edit

کفشدوزک (kafšduzak) (plural کفشدوزک‌ها (kafšduzak-hâ))

  1. (Iran) ladybird or lady-bird, ladybug (Canada, US)