قزاز

Alternative forms

• ازاز‎

Etymology

Possibly from the metathesis of the Arabic زُجَاج‎ (zujāj, “glass”). zujāj → juzāz → guzāz → ʾizāz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔeˈzæːz] (glass, window pane)
• IPA^(key): [ʔæˈzːæːz] (occupation)

Noun

قزاز • (ʾizāz) m (collective noun)

1. glass
2. window pane

Noun

قزاز • (ʾazzāz) m (plural قزازين‎ (ʾazzazīn))

1. window pane and mirror seller
2. (obsolete) weaver

References

• Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.

Etymology

Possibly from the metathesis of the Arabic زُجَاج‎ (zujāj, “glass”) → جُزَاز juzāz → قُزَاز guzāz, by the influence of قَزَّاز‎ (qazzāz, “sericulturist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈzaːz/, [ɡʊˈzaːz]

Noun

قُزاز • (guzāz) m pl

1. glass
2. windowpane