wootz
/wuːts/
wootz noun: a type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.
Noun
wootz (countable and uncountable, plural wootzes)
- A type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.
- The celebrated wootz or steel of India, made in little cakes of only about two pounds weight, possesses qualities which no European steel can surpass.1863, Samuel Smiles, Industrial Biography
- The ferrum Indicum of the Classics may still be represented by the famous Wootz or Wutz, the 'natural Indian steel,' still so much prized for Sword-blades in Persia and Afghanistan.1884, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “The Proto-Sideric or Early Iron Age of Weapons”, in The Book of the Sword, London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, page 110
wootz meaning in Bengali
wootz in Bengali
- একটি ভুল বানান
Forms of wootz
| plural | wootzes |
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Origin of wootz
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”), Telugu ఉక్కు (ukku, “steel”); akin to Tamil உருகு (uruku, “to melt”) and உருக்கு (urukku, “melted thing, steel”).
Words that rhyme with wootz
Questions about wootz
- What does wootz mean?
- Wootz means a type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.
- What is wootz in Bengali?
- Wootz in Bengali is একটি ভুল বানান. See Wootz meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is wootz?
- Wootz is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wootz?
- Wootz is pronounced /wuːts/.
- What is the plural of wootz?
- The plural of wootz is wootzes.
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