کفشدوزک

See also: کفش دوزک

Persian

Alternative forms

• کفش‌دوزک (kafš-duzak) — with a ZWNJ.
• کفش دوزک (kafšduzak) — with a full space.

Etymology

Disputed. Could be from an earlier *کوژدوشَک = کوژ (kuž, “convex”) +‎ دوش (duš, “shoulder, back”) +‎ ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix), "the little hunchback" (also see گوژپُشت), or from کُش (koš) +‎ شَتو (šatu) +‎ زَک (zak), literally “the killer of aphid pests”. Analyzable in Modern Persian as کفش‌دوز (kafš-duz, “shoe maker”) +‎ ـک (ak, diminutive suffix), literally “the little shoemaker” (etymologically debunked).

Noun

کفشدوزک • (kafšduzak) (plural کفشدوزک‌ها (kafšduzak-hâ))

1. (Iran) ladybird or lady-bird, ladybug (Canada, US)