# кукуруза
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* kukuruza — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Cognate with Russian кукуру́за (kukurúza), Ukrainian кукуру́(д)з (kukurú(d)z), кукуру́(д)за (kukurú(d)za), Bulgarian кукуру́з (kukurúz), кукума́ра (kukumára), кукура́тка (kukurátka), Czech kukuřice, Hungarian kukorica, Romanian cucuruz, Serbo-Croatian куку̀руз, Slovene kukuruza, kukorica, koruza, Slovak kukurica, dialectal Turkish kokoroz (Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز (kukuruz)), Polish kukurudza, kukurydza, German Kukuruz, Yiddish קוקורוזע (kukuruze), קאָקורידזע (kokuridze), קוקורוץ (kukuruts), קוקורידזע (kukuridze), קאַקערוזע (kakeruze), and so on. Further etymology uncertain; see the Romanian, Russian and Serbo-Croatian terms for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kukuˈruza]

### Noun

кукуру́за • (kukurúza) f inan (genitive кукуру́зы, uncountable, relational adjective кукуру́зны)
* corn, maize
    Synonym: маі́с (maís)

#### Derived terms

* кукурузаво́д (kukuruzavód)
* кукурузасаджа́лка (kukuruzasadžálka)
* кукурузаўбо́рачны (kukuruzaŭbóračny)
* кукуру́зіна (kukurúzina)
* кукуру́знік (kukurúznik)
* кукуру́зны (kukurúzny)

### References

* “кукуруза”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
* “кукуруза” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Russian
### Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate with Ukrainian кукуру́(д)з (kukurú(d)z), кукуру́(д)за (kukurú(d)za), Bulgarian кукуру́з (kukurúz), кукума́ра (kukumára), кукура́тка (kukurátka), Serbo-Croatian куку̀руз, Slovene kukuruza, kukorica, koruza, Polish kukurudza, kukurydza. German Kukuruz was borrowed from Serbo-Croatian, but the West Slavic terms have in turn been considered borrowings from German.
The suggestion of a Slavic origin and a relationship to Serbo-Croatian kukurek (“hellebore”) and Bulgarian кукуря́к (kukurják, “hellebore”), Slovene kukurjav, kukurjast (“curled”) does not explain the word-form difficulties (-z-). Compare Bulgarian момору́з (momorúz), моморо́з (momoróz, “corn, maize”), мамалига (mamaliga, “hominy”).
If the source were Romanian cucuruz, it should have originally had the meaning of "pine cones".
A noteworthy hypothesis for the source of "kukuru" is a word used for calling poultry for their feeding (with corn/maize).
The explanation that the term is a loanword from Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز (kokoroz), ultimately from Albanian *kokërrëz, from kokërr, remains frequently cited, but derivation from Turkic kokoros (“corn, maize”) was refuted by F. Miklošič and F. E. Korsch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʊkʊˈruzə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

кукуру́за • (kukurúza) f inan (genitive кукуру́зы, nominative plural кукуру́зы, genitive plural кукуру́з, relational adjective кукуру́зный)
* corn, maize, Indian corn
    Synonym: маи́с (maís)

#### Derived terms

* зубови́дная кукуру́за (zubovídnaja kukurúza, “dent corn”)
* кремни́стая кукуру́за (kremnístaja kukurúza, “flint corn”)
* ло́пающаяся кукуру́за (lópajuščajasja kukurúza, “popcorn corn”)
* пле́нчатая кукуру́за (plénčataja kukurúza, “pod corn”)
* са́харная кукуру́за (sáxarnaja kukurúza, “sweet corn”)

#### Related terms

* кукуру́зник (kukurúznik)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: կուկուռուզ (kukuṙuz)
* → Kildin Sami: кукуруза (kukuruza)

#### See also

* никстамализа́ция f (nikstamalizácija)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кукуруза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* ↑ Turkish Etymological Dictionary

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kukurǔːza/
* Hyphenation: ку‧ку‧ру‧за

### Noun

кукуру́за f (Latin spelling kukurúza)
* cornbread