Zaza

//ˈzɑː.zɑː// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey.
  2. 2
    Exotic marijuana. slang, uncountable

    "Having grabbed the torch from the first wave of Brooklyn drill's innovators, Fivio Foreign is all about the genre's future. The gravelly-voiced rapper took over the second half of 2020 with his viral hit "Big Drip," whose video has a whole Hennessy-brandishing squad smoking zaza in front of a Shake Shack, of all places — bringing big roll-up-a-Backwoods-on-the-last-car-of-the-subway energy to a part of Brooklyn where the average overpaying tenant probably rides a unicycle to work."

  3. 3
    A parent; a gender-neutral alternative to mama or papa. gender-neutral, informal, rare

    "You are your zaza's daughter."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Zazaki Zaza, though ultimately likely an exonym of non-Iranian substrate (possibly Northwest Caucasian or Northeast Caucasian) origin or from Northern Kurdish meaning "stuttering" or "speaking unintelligibly", as the term Zaza is considered derogatory. Zazas prefer to call their language Zazaki Dımliki, while the people are called Zazaki Dımli (“Dimlî”), which could be related to the Iranian tribe Daylamites.

Etymology 2

Reduplication of za, from an apheretic pronunciation of exotic. Compare za (“exotic marijuana”).

Etymology 3

By analogy with mama and papa.

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