كراز
العربية
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كراز¹
- /kar.raːz/
Where it comes from
Compare Classical Syriac ܟܱܪܳܙܳܐ (karrāzā, “ram, bell-wether”), Aramaic כַּרְזִילָא / ܟܱܪܙܺܝܠܱܐ (karzīlā, “shepherd, pastor”), Akkadian 𒇽𒆪𒍝𒇻 (/kuzallu/, “shepherd, pastor”), possibly a loan from Hurrian, Urartian, or derived from Sumerian 𒇻𒄖𒊒𒍑𒌈𒆯 (/kuruštu/, “sheep or goats that are kept around to be fattened”).
noun كَرَّاز · karrāz · كَرَارِيز · الْكَرَّاز
- big ram, bellwether
كراز²
- /ku.raːz/
- /kur.raːz/
Where it comes from
From Aramaic כרוז / כרז (“a type of container”), Classical Syriac ܟܪܙܐ (karrāzā, “pitcher”), possibly from Akkadian 𒆳𒍣𒍝𒆪 (/kurziza, kurzizakku/, “a basket, container”), from Sumerian 𒄥𒋛𒁲 (/gursisa/, “basket, container”, literally “normal or standard 𒄥 (gur)”).
noun كُرَاز · كُرَّاز · kurāz · kurrāz · كِرْزَان
- hydria, cantharus, a kind of jug with strait neck without handles or only short handles وَقَد بَذَلَ لَهَا مِنَ الصَّدَاقِ شَلَّاقًا وَعُكّازًا. وَصِقَاعًا وَكُرَّازًا. فَأَنْكَحُوهُ إِنْكَاحَ مِثْلِهِ
In English
- alcarraza jug made of porous earthenware
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