کوزه

Persian

یک کوزه‌ی لعاب‌دار ― a glazed pottery vase

Etymology 1

Akin to Old Armenian կուժ (kuž), Rutul кӏуж (ḳuž), Classical Syriac ܟܘܙܐ (kūzā), Arabic كُوز (kūz), Iranian borrowings. Related to کوژ (kuž) and گوژ (guž).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [koː.ˈza], [kuː.ˈza]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoː.zǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoː.zǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰoː.zǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰʊː.zǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuː.zé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɵ.zǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kōza, kūza
Dari reading?	kōza
Iranian reading?	kuze
Tajik reading?	küza

Noun

کوزه • (kuze) (plural کوزه‌ها (kuze-hâ))

1. a pottery vase with a long neck

   Synonyms: خُم (xom), خُمره (xomre), سَبو (sabu)

2. an urn

Derived terms

• فوتِ کوزه‌گری (fut-e-kuze-gari, literally “the potter's blow”)
• کوزه‌گر (kuze-gar, “potter”)
• کوزه‌گر از کوزه شکسته آب می‌خورد (kuze-gar az kuze šekaste âb mi-xorad)
• کوزه‌گری (kuze-gari, “pottery”)

 

Descendants

• → Chagatai: کوزه (küze)
  • → Kazakh: көзе (köze)
• → Hindi: कूज़ा (kūzā)
  • → English: cooja
• → Malay: koja
  • Indonesian: koja

Etymology 2

Akin to Middle Armenian կուզ (kuz), an Iranian borrowing. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

کوزه • (kuze) (comparative کوزه‌تَر (kuze-tar), superlative کوزه‌تَرین (kuze-tarin))

1. (archaic) hunchbacked

   Synonym: گوژ (guž, “hunchbacked”)

2. (archaic) convex

   Synonym: کوژ (kuž)

Derived terms

• کوزه‌پُشت (kuze-pošt, “hunchback”)

 

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “کوزه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 296
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کوزه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کوزه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• “کوزه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024