кукуруза

Russian

Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate with Ukrainian кукуру́(д)з (kukurú(d)z), кукуру́(д)за (kukurú(d)za), Bulgarian кукуру́з (kukurúz), кукума́ра (kukumára), кукура́тка (kukurátka), Serbo-Croatian куку̀руз, Slovenian kukuruza, kukorica, koruza, Polish kukurudza, kukurydza. German Kukuruz was borrowed from Serbo-Croatian, but the West Slavic terms have in turn been considered borrowings from German.

The suggestion of a Slavic origin and a relationship to Serbo-Croatian kukurek (“hellebore”) and Bulgarian кукуря́к (kukurják, “hellebore”), Slovenian kukurjav, kukurjast (“curled”) does not explain the word-form difficulties (-dz-). Compare Bulgarian момору́з (momorúz), моморо́з (momoróz, “corn, maize”), мамалига (mamaliga, “hominy”).

If the source were Romanian cucuruz, it should have originally had the meaning of "pine cones".

A noteworthy hypothesis for the source of "kukuru" is a word used for calling poultry for their feeding (with corn/maize).

The explanation that the term is a loanword from Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز‎ (kokoroz), ultimately from Albanian kokërrëz, from kokërr,[1] remains frequently cited, but derivation from Turkic kokoros (“corn, maize”) was refuted by F. Miklošič and F. E. Korsch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʊkʊˈruzə]

Noun

кукуру́за • (kukurúza) f inan (genitive кукуру́зы, nominative plural кукуру́зы, genitive plural кукуру́з)

  1. corn, maize, Indian corn

Declension
Declension of кукуру́за (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative кукуру́за
kukurúza		 кукуру́зы
kukurúzy
genitive кукуру́зы
kukurúzy		 кукуру́з
kukurúz
dative кукуру́зе
kukurúze		 кукуру́зам
kukurúzam
accusative кукуру́зу
kukurúzu		 кукуру́зы
kukurúzy
instrumental кукуру́зой, кукуру́зою
kukurúzoj, kukurúzoju		 кукуру́зами
kukurúzami
prepositional кукуру́зе
kukurúze		 кукуру́зах
kukurúzax

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • зубови́дная кукуру́за (zubovídnaja kukurúza) — dent corn
  • кремни́стая кукуру́за (kremnístaja kukurúza) — flint corn
  • ло́пающаяся кукуру́за (lópajuščajasja kukurúza) — popcorn corn
  • пле́нчатая кукуру́за (plénčataja kukurúza) — pod corn
  • са́харная кукуру́за (sáxarnaja kukurúza) — sweet corn

See also

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кукуруза”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
  1. Turkish Etymological Dictionary

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kukurǔːza/
  • Hyphenation: ку‧ку‧ру‧за

Noun

кукуру́за f (Latin spelling kukurúza)

  1. cornbread

Declension
Declension of кукуруза
singular plural
nominative кукуруза кукурузе
genitive кукурузе кукуруза
dative кукурузи кукурузама
accusative кукурузу кукурузе
vocative кукурузо кукурузе
locative кукурузи кукурузама
instrumental кукурузом кукурузама
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