"wootz" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /wuːts/ Forms: wootzes [plural]
Rhymes: -uːts Etymology: According to the American Heritage Dictionary, probably from a misreading of wook, an English transcription of (the root of) Kannada ಉಕ್ಕು (ukku), ಉರ್ಕು (urku, “steel”); akin to Tamil உருகு (uruku, “to melt”) and உருக்கு (urukku, “melted thing, steel”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|kn|ಉಕ್ಕು}} Kannada ಉಕ್ಕು (ukku), {{m|kn|ಉರ್ಕು|gloss=steel}} ಉರ್ಕು (urku, “steel”), {{cog|ta|உருகு|t=to melt}} Tamil உருகு (uruku, “to melt”), {{m|ta|உருக்கு|t=melted thing, steel}} உருக்கு (urukku, “melted thing, steel”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wootz (countable and uncountable, plural wootzes)
  1. A type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wootz-en-noun-~i4VOrjr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English ghost words

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wootz meaning in All languages combined (2.3kB)

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