كڨژ

Etymology
. Clauson suggest a possible borrowing from on the basis of final -j, however gives no examples. Nişanyan talks about a phenomenon seen in &  where there is a dialectal change between /z/ ~ /ʒ/ and suggests that it's a dialectal form of *küwiz, further connecting it to 🇨🇬, note also 🇨🇬 possibly from *küwiz-e-.

Noun

 * 1) rotten heartwood

Adjective

 * 1) rotten