koboz

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoboz]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧boz
  • Rhymes: -oz

Etymology 1

Probably a native word, perhaps from the verb kopik (to get thin from wear) + -oz.[1]

Verb

koboz

  1. (transitive, rare, archaic) to loot, plunder
  2. (intransitive, regional) to rummage, search through
Usage notes

This form mostly occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

  • koboz (…) el, el … kobozelkoboz
  • koboz (…) vissza, vissza … kobozvisszakoboz
Conjugation

or

or (less commonly)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ, through voiced (p>b) Kipchak-Cuman kobuz.[2]

Noun

koboz (plural kobzok)

  1. (music) cobza, kobza (a lute-like stringed instrument)
Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of koboz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kobzom kobzaim
2nd person sing. kobzod kobzaid
3rd person sing. kobza kobzai
1st person plural kobzunk kobzaink
2nd person plural kobzotok kobzaitok
3rd person plural kobzuk kobzaik
Derived terms
  • kobzos

References

  1. koboz in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. Gombocz, Zoltán (1912) Die bulgarisch-türkischen Lehnwörter in der ungarischen Sprache [The Bulgarian–Turkic Loanwords in the Hungarian Language] (Suomalais-ugrilaisen Seuran toimituksia = Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne; XXX) (in German)

Further reading

  • (to rummage): koboz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (kobza): koboz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • koboz (kobza) at Tabulatura.hu
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