praz

praz

1. third-person singular present indicative of prazer

• praj

A Slavic borrowing replacing the inherited (now uncommon) term por / pur. Praz being derived from either Old Church Slavonic празъ (prazŭ) or Bulgarian праз (praz) (from Proto-Slavic *prazъ) itself from Greek, or possibly directly from late Byzantine Greek πράσον (práson) (compare Bulgarian праз (praz), also Aromanian prash); compare also phonetic development of s > z in ovăz). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin root *prasum, from ultimately the same Ancient Greek root.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpraz/

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• Rhymes: -az

praz m (plural praji)

1. leek (vegetable)

• por / pur (uncommon)