کوژ

See also: گؤز, کور, كور, گور, کوز, گوز, كوز, گوژ, and گوٗر

Persian

Etymology 1

Compare کژ (kaž, “crooked”).

Alternative forms

• گوژ (guž)

Adjective

کوژ • (kuž)

1. convex

   Synonym: محدب (mohaddab)

   Antonym: کاو (kâv)

Etymology 2

Compare غوره (ğure, “unripe grapes”).

Noun

کوژ • (kewž, kuviž)

1. (obsolete) fruit of the medlar

Descendants

• → Arabic: كِوَز (kiwaz), كُوِز (kuwiz)

References

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کوژ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 913b