Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

• ازاز

Noun

قزاز • ‎(ʾizāz) m ‎(collective noun)

1. glass
2. window pane

Derived terms

• لوح قزاز
• قزازة

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.

Hijazi Arabic

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): /guˈzaːz/

Noun

قُزاز • ‎(guzāz) m pl

1. glass
2. windowpane

Related terms

• قُزازة