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خوز

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See also: خور, جور, چور, جوز, and خوږ

Persian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Pashto خوږ (xoẓ, sweet).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? xōz

Noun

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خوز (xôz)

  1. sugarcane

References

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  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خوز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 485
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “خوز”, 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 I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 750b