𐭢𐭥𐭦

Middle Persian

Etymology

From unattested Old Persian *angauza, probably ultimately from Old Iranian *gauza- (“nut”), with the preverb *han-, from Proto-Iranian *gauz- (“to hide, conceal”) (compare Sanskrit गूहति (gū́hati, “to cover, conceal”)), referring to the fact that the edible nut is enclosed in a green outer fruit wall.^[1]^[2] Compare the cognates listed at Old Armenian ընկոյզ (ənkoyz).

Noun

𐭢𐭥𐭦 • (gwz /gawz/)

walnut

Descendants

Persian: گوز (gowz)
→ Arabic: جَوْز (jawz)
- → Azerbaijani: cövz, cövüz, cəviz
- → Baluchi: جئوز (jawz)
- → Ottoman Turkish: جوز (cevz)
  - Turkish: ceviz
- → Persian: جوز (jowz)
→ Aramaic: גוזא (gōzā) (from Old Persian)
→ Hebrew: אֱגוֹז (egóz)
→ Azerbaijani: qoz

References

[1]

^ Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1982) Očerki po istorii leksiki pamirskix jazykov. Nazvanija kulʹturnyx rastenij [Essays on the history of Pamir languages. Names of cultivated plants] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 110—111
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 117

[1] Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1982) Očerki po istorii leksiki pamirskix jazykov. Nazvanija kulʹturnyx rastenij [Essays on the history of Pamir languages. Names of cultivated plants] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 110—111

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 117

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