عجوز

Intensive adjective from the root ع ج ز‎ (ʕ-j-z); compare عَجَزَ‎ (ʕajaza, “to be weak, to grow old”).

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.d͡ʒuːz/

عَجُوز • (ʕajūz) f (plural عَجَائِز‎ (ʕajāʔiz) or عُجُز‎ (ʕujuz))

1. old woman
2. old man
3. advanced in years

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• Gulf Arabic: عيوز‎ (ʕayūz)
• → Northern Kurdish: ecûze
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• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• IPA^(key): /ʕu.d͡ʒuːz/

عُجُوز • (ʕujūz) m

1. old age

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• IPA^(key): /ʕa.d͡ʒuːz/

عجوز • (ʕajūz) (feminine عَجوزة‎ (ʕajūza), common plural عَجايِز‎ (ʕajāyiz))

1. old (age)

   Antonym: كَبير‎ (kabīr)

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عجوز • (acuz)

1. old woman

• Turkish: acuz

• عجوزه‎ ('ajuze)

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عَجوز • ('ajuz) (plural عَجوز‌ها‎ ('ajuz-hâ) or عَجائِز‎ ('ajâ'ez))

1. old woman; crone; hag; beldam

   Synonym: پیرزن‎ (pirzan)

2. witch; sorceress

   Synonym: ساحره‎ (sâhere)

3. (figurative, poetic) the frail and transient world, compared to a decrepit woman
   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 37”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎:

     ‏مجو درستیِ عهد از جهانِ سست نهاد
     که این عجوز، عروس هزاردامادست‎

     majû durustî-yi ahd az jahân-i sust nihâd
     ki în ajûz, arûs-i hazâr dâmâd ast

     Have no faith in promises from this feeble-hearted world,
     For this crone has been the bride to a thousand suitors.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: अजूज़ (ajūz)

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