عجوز

Meaning

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

Concepts

old man

beldam

old age

old woman

years

elderly man

old person

age

eld

Synonyms

مسن

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Translations

Alter

senex

anys

alter Mann

Greisenalter

Jahre

Alte

alt

🧓

hohes Alter

Betagtheit

ηλικία

γηρατειά

vieillard

vieillesse

vellesa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʕa.d͡ʒuːz/

Etymology

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