مازو
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- مازی (mazı)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑˈzu/, /mɑˈzɯ/
Noun
مازو • (mazu, mazı)
- gall nut, oak apple, oak gall, gall apple, Aleppo gall
- (usually مازو میشهسی (mazı meşesi) or مازو آغاجی (mazı ağacı)) gall oak, Aleppo oak (Quercus infectoria)
- arbor vitae, thuja (Thuja spp.)
Derived terms
- مازی طوزی (mazı tozu, “gallic acid; tannic acid”)
Descendants
- Turkish: mazı
- → Armenian: մազի (mazi)
References
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مازو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4237
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مازو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1656
Persian
Etymology
Akin to Central Kurdish مازوو (mazû), Northern Kurdish mazî, Southern Kurdish مازێ (mazê), and Gurani مازوو (mâzû), and Chinese 沒食子／没食子 (mòshízǐ), a Middle Iranian borrowing, all meaning the oak apple.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [mɑː.ˈzuː]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mɑː.zúː]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mɑː.zúː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mɔː.zú]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mɒː.zúː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mɔ.zú]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | māzū |
| Dari reading? | māzū |
| Iranian reading? | mâzu |
| Tajik reading? | mozu |
Noun
مازو • (mâzu)
- gall nut, oak apple, oak gall, gall apple, Aleppo gall
- (usually دار مازو (dâr mâzu)) gall oak, Aleppo oak (Quercus infectoria)
Descendants
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مازو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1140
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