See also: لور

Arabic

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لَوْز

Etymology

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From Aramaic לוּזָא / ܠܽܘܙܳܐ (lūzā).

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Noun

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لَوْز (lawzm (collective, singulative لَوْزَة f (lawza))

  1. almond
  2. almond tree
  3. tonsil
  4. (singulative only) amygdala

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: lewż
  • Moroccan Arabic: لوز (lawz, lūz)
  • South Levantine Arabic: لوز (lōz)
  • Amharic: ለውዝ (läwz)
  • Middle Armenian: լավզ (lavz)
  • Ottoman Turkish: لوز (levz)
  • Persian: لوز (lowz)
  • Swahili: lozi

References

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  • lwz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Corriente, Federico (2005) “لوز”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 1073
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 145
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “لوز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 135
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 153–155
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 374
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “لوز”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1173–1174

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ل و ز
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic لَوْز (lawz).

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

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لوز (lōzm (collective, singulative لوزة f (lōza), paucal لوزات (lōzāt))

  1. almond

Pronunciation 2

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Noun

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لوز (luwazm (collective, singulative لوزة f (lōza))

  1. tonsils

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ل و ز
1 term

Etymology 1

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From Arabic لَوْز (lawz).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lawz/, /luːz/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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لوز (lawz, lūzm (collective, singulative لوزة f (lawza, lūz), paucal لوزات (lawzāt, lūzāt))

  1. almonds
    Synonym: نوى (nwa)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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لوز (lawwaz) II (non-past يلوز (ylawwaz), verbal noun تلواز (talwāz), active participle ملوز (mlawwaz))

  1. to belly dance
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of لوز
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لوّزت (lawwazt) لوّزتي (lawwazti) لوّز (lawwaz) لوّزنا (lawwazna) لوّزتوا (lawwaztu) لوّزوا (lawwzu)
f لوّزت (lawwzāt)
non-past m نلوّز (nlawwaz) تلوّز (tlawwaz) يلوّز (ylawwaz) نلوّزوا (nlawwzu) تلوّزوا (tlawwzu) يلوّزوا (ylawwzu)
f تلوّزي (tlawwzi) تلوّز (tlawwaz)
imperative m لوّز (lawwaz) لوّزوا (lawwzu)
f لوّزي (lawwzi)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic لَوْز (lawz, almond).

Noun

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لوز (levz)

  1. almond, the nut produced by the small tree Prunus amygdalus
    Synonym: بادم (badem)

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Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic لَوْز (lawz).[1]

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Readings
Classical reading? lawz
Dari reading? lawz
Iranian reading? lowz
Tajik reading? lavz

Noun

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Dari لوز
Iranian Persian
Tajik лавз

لوز (lowz)

  1. almond
  2. a type of marzipan
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References

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  1. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لوز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1131

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لَوْز (lawz).

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Noun

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لوز (lōzm (collective, singulative لوزة f (lōze))

  1. (uncountable) almond