خز
العربية
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خز¹
- /xazz/
Where it comes from
Directly from Middle Persian [script needed] (kač). Doublet of قَزّ (qazz), which was borrowed via Aramaic.
noun خَزّ · ḵazz · خُزُوز · الْخَزّ
- alternative form of قَزّ (qazz, “silkware”) ومن الأهواز ونواحيها: السُّكَّر والدِّيباج الخَز.
خز²
- /xazz/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Persian خز (xaz).
noun خَزّ · ḵazz · خُزُوز · الْخَزّ
- marten
- otter
خز³
Where it comes from
Probably from خ ص ص (ḵ ṣ ṣ) “to touch and thereby cut off”, senses seen more in خ ص ر (ḵ ṣ r), with Aramaic parallel in Classical Syriac ܐܶܬܚܰܙܰܙ (ʾetḥazzaz, “to penetrate”).
verb خَزَّ · ḵazza · يَخُزُّ · خَزّ · خَازّ
- to poke, to sting, to pierce, to transfix
In English
Talk about this word "خز." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D8%B2. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. خز. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D8%B2 "خز." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D8%B2.Cite this
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title = {خز},
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