قوزک

Persian

Etymology

From قوز (quz, “hump”) +‎ ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [quː.ˈzak]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.zǽk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.zǽk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [quː.zǽk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qu.zǽk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.zǽkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qu.zǽk]

Readings
Classical reading?	qūzak
Dari reading?	qūzak
Iranian reading?	ğuzak
Tajik reading?	quzak

Noun

قوزک • (quzak)

1. anklebone
2. ankle

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قوزک”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim