See also: ثور, توژ, پور, پوز, بور, and تور

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Classical Persian پوز (pōz, the lip, mouth, and environs; the beak of a bird, the snout of a quadruped; the space between the nose and lip; the trunk of a tree), akin to Northern Kurdish pîj (splinter).

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بُوز (būzm (plural أَبْوَاز (ʔabwāz))

  1. (obsolete) snout, muzzle
  2. a wooden pin protruding from a door (traditional in Tetouan) by which it attaches in place of hinges
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بَوَّزَ (bawwaza) II (non-past يُبَوِّزُ (yubawwizu), verbal noun تَبْوِيز (tabwīz)) (obsolete)

  1. to pout, to grimace with the mouth
  2. to taint, to corrupt
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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بُوز (būzm

  1. Alternative form of بُوظة (būẓa, (Levantine) ice cream)
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Etymology 3

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From English buzz, possibly with allusion to the door-pin sense above.

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بُوز (būzm

  1. (slang, Morocco) buzz, excitement, hype
    • 2022 June 22, “جمال أزضوض”, in Hespress[1]:
      صبّ نشطاء على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي بالمغرب، منذ اليوم الأول لامتحانات الباكالوريا، جام غضبهم في “تدوينات” ومقالات مطوّلة منشورة على صفحاتهم الخاصة، على ما وصفوها بـ”المشاهد المخزية” المتكرّرة سنوياً أمام مراكز الامتحانات، والمتعلّقة بـ”ترصّد وانتقاء” تلاميذ للإدلاء بتصريحات صحافية بغرض تحقيق الانتشار أو ما يُسمّى “البوز”.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بوز”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 127a
  • Rackow, Ernst (1958) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der materiellen Kultur Nordwest-Marokkos: Wohnraum, Hausrat, Kostüm[3], Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 8a

Karakhanid

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *boŕ (gray).

Cognate with Turkish boz, Kyrgyz боз (boz) and Yakut бороҥ (boroñ).

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بوُزْ (bōz)

  1. gray (color/colour)
    بوُزْ اَتْBōz at.The gray horse.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic بَزّ (bazz).

Cognate with Chuvash пӳс (püs), Turkish bez, Old Uyghur pwz (böz)

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بوُزْ (bȫz)

  1. cloth
    بوُ بوُزْ اِنىِ نَجَاbȫz énī nečē?What is the width of this cloth?

Etymology 3

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *būŕ (ice).

Cognate with Chuvash пӑр (păr), Turkish buz, Bashkir боҙ and Yakut муус (muus).

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بوُزْ (būz)

  1. ice
    بوُزْدَنْ سوُڨْ تَمارْBūzdan sūw tamār.Water drips from the ice.

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Khalaj

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Adjective

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بوُز (bûz)

  1. Arabic spelling of bûz (cold)

North Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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Denominal from بوز (būz, ice), earlier form of بوظة (būẓa).

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بوز (bawwaz)

  1. to be cold
    .بَوّزت اليَومْ قَد مَا كَان فِيه صَقْعَة
    bawwazet l-yawm ʾadd mā kēn fī saʾʿa
    I was so cold today because of how cold it was.

Ottoman Turkish

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بوز!

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *būŕ (ice).

Noun

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بوز (buz) (plural بوزلر)

  1. ice
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  • Turkish: buz
  • Arabic: بُوظَة (būẓa), بُوزَة (būza), بُوز (būz) (Levantine)
  • Armenian: պուզ (puz)
  • Laz: ბუზი (buzi)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *boŕ (gray).

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بوز (boz)

  1. gray (color/colour)
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Colors in Ottoman Turkish · بویا بویلر (boyalar) (layout · text)
     آق (ak)      بوز (boz)      قره (kara)
             قزل (kızıl); آل (al)              ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur)              صاری (sarı)
                          یشیل (yeşil)             
                          گوك (gök)              ماوی (mavi)
             مور (mor)              افلاطون (eflatun)              پنبه (pembe)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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بوز (buz)

  1. Alternative form of بز (büz, goat)

References

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  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بوز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 918
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1866) “بوز”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 1 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 217

Persian

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بوز (bavz or bowz)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) wasp

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بوز (bowz or buz or bôz)

  1. roan

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بوز (buz)

  1. present stem form of بختن (boxtan)

Ushojo

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بوز (bōz)

  1. fasting fast