Ladino

Noun

kaza f ‎(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קאזה)

1. house

Latvian

Kaza

Etymology

Apparently a borrowing from Russian коза́ ‎(kozá): note that the words for “male goat” and “female goat” in Latvian are non-cognate (āzis and kaza), unlike other Baltic languages (Lithuanian ožỹs, ožkà; Old Prussian wosux ‎([vōzuks]), wosee ‎([vōzē])), which suggests that an earlier Latvian term, perhaps *āze (apparently present in place names like Āzes), was replaced by the borrowed kaza.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaza]

Noun

kaza f (4th declension)

1. goat (esp. Capra aegagrus hircus)

   mājas kazas‎ ― domestic goats

   kalnu kazas‎ ― mountain goats

   kazu vilna‎ ― goat wool

   kazas bārda‎ ― goat beard

2. female goat

   kazu piens‎ ― goat milk

   kazu siers‎ ― goat cheese

   slaukt kazu‎ ― to milk the goat

3. (colloquial) unruly, flippant, frivolous girl or woman

Declension

See also

• āzis
• kazlēns

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “kaza”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَضَاء ‎(qaḍāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈʐɑː]
• Hyphenation: ka‧za

Noun

kaza ‎(definite accusative kazayı, plural kazalar)

1. accident

Declension