موز

See also: مور

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian mwc (mōz), cognate with Sanskrit मौच (mauca).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mawz/

Noun

مَوْز (mawz) m (collective, singulative مَوْزَة (mawza))

  1. banana

Declension


Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian mwc (mōz), from earlier mōč, from mauča-. Compare Sanskrit मौच (mauca).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari Persian موز
Iranian Persian موز
Tajiki Persian мавз (mavz)

موز (mowz) (plural موزها (mowz-hâ))

  1. banana

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (mūz)
  • Middle Armenian: մոզ (moz)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mōz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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