# koza
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech koza, from Proto-Slavic *koza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkoza]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

koza f
* goat
* (colloquial) tit (woman's breast)
    Synonym: prs
* sawhorse

#### Derived terms

* kozí
* kozák
* kozel
* kozička
* kozina
* kozlice
* kozlíček
* kozlík
* kozoroh
* Kozoroh
* kozorožec
* kůzlátko
* kůzle
* dělat kozy
* mít kozí nohy

### Further reading

* “koza”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “koza”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “koza”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* cosa (obsolete), cośa (Haketía), cozza (Haketía)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cosa (“thing”), from Latin causam (“thing”). Compare Spanish cosa (“thing”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Noun

koza f (Hebrew spelling קוזה)
* thing [16th c.]
** 2003, Sefárdica‎, numbers 14–16, Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Cultura Sefaradí, page 70:La primera koza dunke ke se nota en la kuzina djudeo‐espanyola es la manera turka de azer kada día el arroz, ke se kome en grandes kantidades i no manka ni un día en la meza del djudío proveniente del Impero Otomano.The first thing noted in the Judaeo‐Spanish kitchen is the Turkish style of making rice daily, which is eaten in great quantities and is never absent for one day from the table of the Jew originating from the Ottoman Empire.

### References

* ↑ “koza”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Latgalian
### Noun

koza f
* goat

## Ludian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коза (koza).

### Noun

koza
* goat

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈkoza/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈkoza/

### Noun

koza f
* goat

#### Descendants

* Czech: koza

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “koza”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔ.za/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈkɔ.za/
* (Masovia):
** (Near Masovian) IPA: /ˈkɔ.za/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔza
* Syllabification: ko‧za
* Homophone: Koza

### Noun

koza f (diminutive kózka)
* goat
* (colloquial, humorous) booger, bogey (piece of solid or semisolid mucus in the nostril)
    Synonyms: babol, gil, glut, smark, śpik
* (slang) jail, prison
* any spined loach (Cobitis, especially Cobitis taenia or golden loach)
    Synonym: kózka
* bagpipes
    Synonyms: dudy, kobza
* (Near Masovian, windmill construction) tall, strong pine tree with a block on top and rungs for climbing
* (Kuyavia) piece of land of an irregular shape covered with grain
* (obsolete) knife used for skinning slaughtered goats and other animals

#### Derived terms

* kozi
* koziarz
* kozibród

#### Related terms

* kozłowy
* koźli
* kozioł
* koźlak
* koźlątko
* koźlę
* koźlik
* koźlina

#### Descendants

* → Low Prussian: Koss

### Further reading

* koza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* koza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* koza in PWN's encyclopedia
* Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “koza”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 364
* Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “koza”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 9

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kǒza/
* Hyphenation: ko‧za

### Noun

kòza f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀за, diminutive kòzica, augmentative kozètina, relational adjective kȍzjī)
* goat

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “koza”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔza]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

koza f (male equivalent cap, relational adjective kozí or kozací or kozový (“vaulting buck”), diminutive kozička, augmentative kozisko)
* female goat
* (derogatory) bimbo, airhead (stupid woman)
* vaulting buck
* (colloquial) tit, boob

#### Derived terms

* kozľa

### Further reading

* “koza”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̀ːza/

### Noun

kóza f
* goat

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “koza”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “koza”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔzɑ]
* Hyphenation: ko‧za

### Noun

koza (definite accusative kozayı, plural kozalar)
* cocoon

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
koza
kozalar
definite accusative
kozayı
kozaları
dative
kozaya
kozalara
locative
kozada
kozalarda
ablative
kozadan
kozalardan
genitive
kozanın
kozaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
kozam
kozalarım
2nd singular
kozan
kozaların
3rd singular
kozası
kozaları
1st plural
kozamız
kozalarımız
2nd plural
kozanız
kozalarınız
3rd plural
kozaları
kozaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
kozamı
kozalarımı
2nd singular
kozanı
kozalarını
3rd singular
kozasını
kozalarını
1st plural
kozamızı
kozalarımızı
2nd plural
kozanızı
kozalarınızı
3rd plural
kozalarını
kozalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
kozama
kozalarıma
2nd singular
kozana
kozalarına
3rd singular
kozasına
kozalarına
1st plural
kozamıza
kozalarımıza
2nd plural
kozanıza
kozalarınıza
3rd plural
kozalarına
kozalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
kozamda
kozalarımda
2nd singular
kozanda
kozalarında
3rd singular
kozasında
kozalarında
1st plural
kozamızda
kozalarımızda
2nd plural
kozanızda
kozalarınızda
3rd plural
kozalarında
kozalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
kozamdan
kozalarımdan
2nd singular
kozandan
kozalarından
3rd singular
kozasından
kozalarından
1st plural
kozamızdan
kozalarımızdan
2nd plural
kozanızdan
kozalarınızdan
3rd plural
kozalarından
kozalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
kozamın
kozalarımın
2nd singular
kozanın
kozalarının
3rd singular
kozasının
kozalarının
1st plural
kozamızın
kozalarımızın
2nd plural
kozanızın
kozalarınızın
3rd plural
kozalarının
kozalarının :

## Upper Sorbian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kozà.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔza/
* Rhymes: -ɔza
* Hyphenation: ko‧za
* Syllabification: ko‧za

### Noun

koza f
* (zoology) goat

#### Declension
### References

* “koza” in Soblex

## Veps
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коза́ (kozá).

### Noun

koza
* goat

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “коза”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Yami
### Noun

koza
* cat