кукурудза

The origin is unclear. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *kukur-, *kokor-, which is related to Slovene kukúrjav (“curly”) and Bulgarian кукуряк (kukurjak, “hellebore”).

It can also be borrowed from Romanian cucuruz, which itself was borrowed from Ukrainian кокорудка (kokorudka, “cone, strobilus”).

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• IPA^(key): [kʊkʊˈrud͡zɐ]

кукуру́дза • (kukurúdza) f inan (genitive кукуру́дзи, uncountable, relational adjective кукуру́дзяний)

1. maize, corn
2. corn (a cereal of the species Zea mays or its grains)

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “кукурудза”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кукурудза”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “кукурудза”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “кукурудза”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “кукурудза”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “кукурудза”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)