Where does “jawz” come from?

jawz (Cypriot Arabic) comes from Arabic جَوْز, from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭦, from Old Persian angauza, from Old Iranian *gauza-.

jawz (Cypriot Arabic): open pod of the cotton plant

Definitions

  1. open pod of the cotton plant

Ancestry of “jawz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجَوْز—
2Middle Persian𐭢𐭥𐭦walnut
3Old Persianangauza—
4Old Iranian*gauza-—
Every word from Old Iranian *gauza- →Every word from Old Persian angauza →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭦 →