kukurydza

Meaning

1. maize, corn (any plant of the genus Zea)
2. maize, corn (grain of Zea mays)
3. corncob (central cylindrical core of an ear of maize on which the kernels are attached in rows)

Hyphenated as

ku‧ku‧ry‧dza

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ku.kuˈrɨ.d͡za/

Etymology

Attested at least since 1791. A Balkan wanderword of unknown origin, perhaps from Ukrainian кукуру́дза (kukurúdza), Serbo-Croatian kukuruz, or Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز. The penultimate vowel in the modern form is likely due to paronymic attraction to the common suffix -yca. Compare Czech kukuřice.