ܩܽܘܙܳܐ qwzʾ quzā αἴλουρος, weasel, beech-marten; stone-marten
? Lidzbarski (Joh II 151 n. 8) compares Md. qwsʾ weasel, Mesopotamian spotted mongoose (Drower – Macuch 1963, 409); Hübschmann (1892, 242 n. 63; AG 308, no. 57) considers Syr. qwzʾ and Arm. kuz as loanwords from Kurdish kūa, kūā, kūzik marten ● Cat Wr 2, 603b; 3, 1051b; AS 3, 133, 9; 135, 2 and 22 = ZM 1, 167, 9; 170, 11; Za Rh 7, 11 = PO 2, 29, 4; Chr min 217, 17; EN 43, 75 (Aḥikar 67, 20 leg. qwʾ) ◆ LS 651a