Kukuruz

Meaning

maize, corn

Concepts

corn

🌽

maize

sweet corn

popcorn

🍿

wheat

Synonyms

Mais

Welschkorn

Milje

Türkenkorn

Türkischer Weizen

Getreide

Türkisch Korn

Türken

Translations

maíz

🌽

mais

maïs

🌽

καλαμπόκι

granturco

granoturco

maïs

milho

blat de moro

🌽

panís

milh

milhòc

moresc

αραβόσιτος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʊkurʊt͡s/

Etymology

Cognate with Russian: кукуруза

Cognate with Hungarian: kukorica

Cognate with Slovenian: koruza

Cognate with Polish: kukurydza

In summary

Since 1737, from Serbo-Croatian kukuruz, further origin disputed. Perhaps from Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز (kukuruz), from Albanian *kokërrëz, from kokërr (“pellet, grain”).
Compare Russian кукуруза (kukuruza), Hungarian kukorica, Slovene koruza, Polish kukurydza, etc.