قوندوز

قوندوز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قوندز‎ (kunduz)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kunduŕ (“beaver; odder”).

Noun

قوندوز • (kunduz)

1. beaver

   Synonyms: هزد‎ (hezed) (Persian), قضاعه‎ (kuzaʼa) (Arabic), بادستر‎ (badester) (Arabic)

Descendants

• Turkish: kunduz
• → Arabic: قُنْدُس‎ (qundus), قُنْدُز‎ (qunduz)
• → Armenian: խունտուզ (xuntuz)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “قوندوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 992
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “قوندوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1499