چراغ

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چراغ • (çerağ or çirağ) (definite accusative چراغی (çerağı), plural چراغلر (çerağlar))

çerağ (romanization)
çirağ (romanization)
چراغی (accusative definite)
چراغلر (plural)

Turkish: çerağ, çirağ

Borrowed from Iranian Persian چراغ (čerâğ, čarâğ), itself from Parthian 𐫝𐫡𐫀𐫃 (crʾg /čirāγ/, “lamp”). Doublet of سراج (sirac, “lamp”).

bor+

čerâğ, čarâğ

light, any source of illumination, such as a candle, lightbulb, torch, lamp, streetlight, etc.


چینی

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چینی • (çini)

ota-noun

چینی • (çini)

Turkish: çini

Borrowed from Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”).

bor+

porcelain blue, a peculiarly delicate, light blue color


بوق

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بوق • (buk) (definite accusative بوغی (buğu), plural بوقات (bukat))

buk (romanization)
بوغی (accusative definite)
بوقات (plural)

Turkish: buk

Borrowed from Arabic بُوق (būq, “trumpet”).

bor+

trumpet, conch, a musical instrument historically used as signaling devices in battle or hunting


زعفران

Gagauz: şafran

Turkish: safran

→ Bulgarian: шафра́н (šafrán)

→ Macedonian: шафран (šafran)

→ Russian: шафра́н (šafrán)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ша̀фран

Latin script: šàfran

طبیعی بویالرك اك مهملری كوك بویا ، بقام اغاجی ، چیوید ، زغفران جهرى وقرمزدر .

1914, Harun Reşit Kocacan, Muhtasar ilm-i kımya: Darülmuallimin ve Darülfünun ile mekâtib-i iʼdadiye sınıflarına mahsustur, İstanbul: Kitaphane-yi İslâm ve Askerı̂, page 254:

The most important natural dyes are madder, bloodwood, indigo, saffron, yellowberry, and kermes.

tabiʼi boyalarıñ eñ mühimleri kök boya, bakkam ağacı, çivid, zağferan[,] cehri ve kırmızdır.


سیاه

Turkish: siyah


زرد

Turkish: zerd


ستاره

Borrowed from Classical Persian ستاره. Compound of سه (“three”) + تاره (“stringed”).


زر

Turkish: zer

Borrowed from Persian زر (zar, “gold”), from Middle Persian *zarr (“gold”).

yellow, possessing a color which stands between gree and orange on the visible spectrum


زر

buzz, hum, thrum, whirr, a continuous humming noise, as of bees


زر

Turkish: zır

buzzing, whirring, thrumming, producing a continuous humming noise


هوا

Turkish: hava

→ Albanian: hava

→ Greek: χαβάς (chavás)

→ Laz: ხავა (xava)

→ Macedonian: ава (ava)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ха̀ва

Latin script: hàva

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air”).

bor+

(music) aria, a musical piece written typically for a solo voice


نور

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نور • (nur) (definite accusative نوری (nuru), plural انوار (envâr) or نیران (nirân))

nur (romanization)
نوری (accusative definite)
انوار (plural)
نیران (plural)

Turkish: nur

→ Albanian: nur

→ Romanian: nur

Borrowed from Arabic نُور (nūr, “light, ray of light”), from Proto-Semitic *nūr- (“light”).

bor+

electromagnetic radiation
electromagnetic radiation

light, the electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye


شمع

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شمع • (şemʼ)

Turkish: şem

Borrowed from Arabic شَمْع (šamʕ, “wax; candle”).

bor+

wax-candle, a candle or taper made of wax


دف

Turkish: tef

From Persian دف (daf), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”).


فانوس

Turkish: fanus

Borrowed from Arabic فَانُوس (fānūs), which in turn derives from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós, “lantern”).

lantern, a glass or gauze case for a lamp


نفت

Turkish: neft

→ Greek: νέφτι (néfti)

desctree

→ Russian: нефть (neftʹ)
→ Ingrian: nefti
→ Kildin Sami: неффьт (njeff’t)
→ Komi-Zyrian: нефть (ńefť)
→ Kyrgyz: нефть (neft)
→ Tatar: нефть (neft’)


موم

Turkish: mum

Borrowed from Persian موم (mum, “wax; candle”).

bor+

wax, an oily, water-resistant, semisolid substance


پرده

Turkish: perde

→ Albanian: perde

→ Armenian: փէրտէ (pʻērtē)

→ Bulgarian: перде́ (perdé)

→ Greek: μπερντές (berntés)

→ Laz: ფერდე (perde)

→ Macedonian: перде (perde)

→ Romanian: perdea

→ Serbo-Croatian: перда / perda

Borrowed from Persian پرده (parda, “curtain, screen, veil”).

(music) tone, a whole tone, the pitch of the voice

(music) fret on a guitar, key of a piano


قانون

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قانون • (kanun) (accusative definite قانونی (kanunu), plural قوانین (kavanin) or قانونلر (kanunlar))

kanun (romanization)
قانونی (accusative definite)
قوانین (plural)
قانونلر (plural)

Turkish: kanun

→ Albanian: kanun
→ English: kanun

desctree

→ Armenian: քանոն (kʻanon)
→ English: kanon

→ English: qanun

From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn).


شرقی

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شرقی • (şarkı) (definite accusative شرقیی (şarkıyı), plural شرقیلر (şarkılar))

şarkı (romanization)
شرقیی (accusative definite)
شرقیلر (plural)

Turkish: şarkı

→ Armenian: շարքի (šarkʻi)

Unclear; according to Nishanyan, it may have evolved from the same root of چاغرمق (çağırmak, “to call out, shout”), with a change of initial consonant /ç/ > /ş/.

unk

Unclear

song, tune, a musical composition with lyrics for voice


طبل

tabl (romanization)
طبول (plural)
اطبال (plural)

From Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl, “drum”), from Middle Iranian *tabir, tabil (“drum”); compare Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”) and Old Armenian տաւիղ (tawił), also from Iranian.

drum, tom-tom, a percussive musical instrument


عود

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عود • (ʼud, öd)


اوجاق

اوجاق • (ocak) (definite accusative اوجاغی (ocağı), plural اوجاقلر (ocaklar))

ocak (romanization)
اوجاغی (accusative definite)
اوجاقلر (plural)

Turkish: ocak

→ Abkhaz: ауаџьаҟ (awadžaqʼ)

→ Albanian: oxhak

→ Armenian: օջախ (ōǰax)

→ Aromanian: ugeac

→ Bulgarian: оджак (odžak)

→ Byzantine Greek: ὀτζάκι (otzáki)

Greek: τζάκι (tzáki)

→ Georgian: ოჯახი (oǯaxi)

→ Macedonian: о́џак (ódžak)

→ Persian: اجاق (ojâq)

→ Romanian: ogeac, hogeag

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: о̀џак

Latin script: òdžak

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ōtčak (“hearth”); cognate with Azerbaijani ocaq, Bashkir уҫаҡ (uśaq), Chuvash вучах (vuč̬ah), Kazakh ошақ (oşaq), Kyrgyz очок (ocok), Southern Altai очок (očok), Tatar учак (uçaq) and Uzbek oʻchoq, while Russian оча́г (očág) is borrowed from Turkic.

اوجاق امام

chaplain of the corps of the janissaries

(in general) any place for lighting fire, such as a hearth, furnace or kiln


قرار

Turkish: karar

desc

→ Armenian: խարար (xarar), ղարար (ġarar), կարար (karar)

→ Ladino: karar


بویا

desctree

Turkish: boya
→ Northern Kurdish: boyax
→ Zazaki: boye

→ Albanian: bojë

→ Greek: μπογιά (bogiá)

→ Bulgarian: боя (boja)

→ Laz: ბოჲა (boya)

→ Macedonian: боја (boja)

→ Romanian: boia

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: боја

Latin script: boja

→ Slovene: boja

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (boyaɣ, “dye”), from earlier [script needed] (*boδaɣ), from Proto-Turkic *bodog (“paint, dye”), derived from Proto-Turkic *boda- (“to paint, dye”). Cognate with Azerbaijani boya, Bashkir буяу (buyaw), Kazakh бояу (boäu), Kyrgyz боёк (boyok), Turkmen boýag, Uyghur بوياق (boyaq) and Uzbek boʻyoq.

inh

color, hue, a particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class


فنر

Turkish: fener

→ Albanian: fener

→ Armenian: ֆանար (fanar)

→ Aromanian: finere f

→ Azerbaijani: fənər

→ Bulgarian: фене́р (fenér)

→ Crimean Tatar: fener

→ Gilaki: فنار (fanár)

→ Macedonian: фенер (fener)

→ Mazanderani: فنر (fenar)

→ Persian: فنر (fanar), فنار (fanâr)

→ Romanian: fanar, fener, fânar, fănar

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: фѐњер

Latin script: fènjer

From Arabic فَنَار (fanār), from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

street lamp, any outdoor light used to illuminate a public area


كمان

Turkish: keman

→ Albanian: qemane

→ Armenian: քեման (kʻeman)

→ Northern Kurdish: keman

→ Romanian: cheman

(astronomy) Sagittarius, a constellation of the Zodiac


تقسیم

Turkish: taksim

(music) instrumental improvisation, instrumental solo


زورنا

Turkish: zurna

→ Bulgarian: зурна́ (zurná)

→ Classical Syriac: ܙܘܪܢܐ (zurnā)

→ English: zurna

desctree

→ Georgian: ზურნა (zurna)
→ Bats: ზურნ (zurn)

→ Greek: ζουρνάς (zournás)

→ Macedonian: зурла (zurla)

desc

→ Middle Armenian: զուռնայ (zuṙnay), զոռնա (zoṙna)

Armenian: զուռնա (zuṙna)

→ Russian: зурна́ (zurná)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: зу̑рна

Latin script: zȗrna

Borrowed from Persian زرنا (zornâ), alternative form of سرنا (sornâ).

zurna, shawm, a double-reed outdoor wind instrument with a conical wooden body


كول

Turkish: kül

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kül (“ash”); cognate with Azerbaijani kül, Bashkir көл (köl), Chuvash кӗл (kĕl), Kazakh күл (kül), Kyrgyz күл (kül), Tatar көл (köl), Turkish kül, Tuvan хүл (xül) Uyghur كۈل (kül), Uzbek kul and Yakut күл (kül).

ash, the solid and powdery remains of fire


پنبه

Borrowed from Persian پنبه (panbe, “cotton”), itself from Middle Persian pmbk' and thus a doublet of پاموق (pamuk, “cotton”). Only the literal meaning "cotton" is attested up to the early 18ᵗʰ century, while the meaning "rosy, pink" is attested later and cannot be reliably justified from the colour of cotton (although there are natural colored varieties of cotton, including pink).

bor+

cotton, the vegetal fibers produced by plants of the genus Gossypium

(by extension) anything soft, white or unsoiled


پنبه

Turkish: pembe

→ Armenian: փեմպե (pʻempe)

→⇒ Laz: ფემბელი (pembeli)

pink, having a color between red and white


ساز

سازجی (sazcı)

Turkish: saz

good works standing to one's credit in heaven

a stringed instrument, especially the saz or baglama


مور

The origin is uncertain. Cognate with Azerbaijani mor (“violet”), Turkmen mor (“reddish-brown, rust-colored”), Nogai моры (morı), мору (moru, “brown; maroon”), Karachay-Balkar мор (mor, “brown”), Kyrgyz мор (mor, “a dark brown dye”).
Often considered a borrowing from a violet berry name in an Indo-European language: compare Armenian մոր (mor), dialectal մոռ (moṙ, “blackberry; raspberry; wild strawberry”), Ancient Greek μόρον (móron, “black mulberry; blackberry”), Italian moro (“black mulberry tree”).


زخمه

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زخمه • (zahme) (definite accusative زخمهیی (zahmeyi), plural زخمهلر (zahmeler))

zahme (romanization)
زخمهیی (accusative definite)
زخمهلر (plural)

Turkish: sakme

Borrowed from Persian زخمه (zaxme, “plectrum”).

bor+

plectrum, a small piece of metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of an instrument, such as a lyre, guitar, etc.

bow, a rod with horsehair stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments

stirrup strap, stirrup leather, a piece of leather or other material attached to the saddle that supports a stirrup


مضراب

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مضراب • (mızrab) (definite accusative مضرابی (mızrabı), plural مضاریب (mazârîb))

mızrab (romanization)
مضرابی (accusative definite)
مضاریب (plural)

Turkish: mızrap

Borrowed from Arabic مِضْرَاب (miḍrāb, “plectrum”).


خاكی

Turkish: haki


لاجورد

lâcverd (romanization)
laciverd (romanization)

Turkish: lacivert

desc

→ Armenian: լաճիվէրտ (lačivērt) — Constantinople

Borrowed from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

bor+

lapis lazuli, a deep-blue stone, used in making jewelry


ماوی

From Arabic مَاوِيّ (māwiyy, “watery”), ultimately from Arabic مَاء (māʔ, “water”).

, آبی (âbî), ازرق (ezrak), کبود (kebûd)


ماوی

Turkish: mavi

→ Armenian: մավի (mavi)

→ Gagauz: maavi

→ Greek: μαβής (mavís)

→ Italian: mavì

→ Ladino: mavi

→ Middle Georgian: მავი (mavi)


ایر

Turkish: ır

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yïr (“song”); cognate with Bashkir йыр (yır), Chuvash юрӑ (jură), Kazakh жыр (jyr), Kyrgyz ыр (ır), Salar yür, Tatar җыр (cır) and Yakut ырыа (ırıa).

inh+

song, tune, a musical composition with lyrics for voice


تازیانه

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تازیانه • (taziyane) (definite accusative تازیانهیی (taziyaneyi), plural تازیانهلر (taziyaneler))

taziyane (romanization)
تازیانهیی (accusative definite)
تازیانهلر (plural)

Turkish: taziyane, tarzene (obsolete), tezene (now standard)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: терзѝја̄н

Latin script: terzìjān

Borrowed from Persian تازیانه (tâziyâne, “whip”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾcʾnk' /tāzānag/).


سس

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سس • (ses) (definite accusative سسی (sesi), plural سسلر (sesler))

ses (romanization)
سسی (accusative definite)
سسلر (plural)

Gagauz: ses

Turkish: ses

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ses (“voice, sound”); cognate with Azerbaijani səs, Chuvash сасӑ (sas̬ă), Kazakh сес (ses), Kumyk сес (ses), Nogai сес (ses), Turkmen ses and Uzbek sas.

inh+

sound, a sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air

noise, various types of sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant

voice, the sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings

(music) tone, pitch, the perceived frequency of a sound or note


صور

Turkish: sur

Borrowed from Arabic صُور (ṣūr, “horn”), probably a corruption of Hebrew שׁוֹפָר (“shofar, horn”).

horn, any of several wind instruments with one narrow end into which the musician blows


مصباح

Turkish: mısbah

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ, “lamp, light”).


زل

Turkish: zil

→ Albanian: zile

→ Cypriot Greek: ζίλιν (zílin)

→ English: zill, zil

→ Georgian: ზილი (zili)

→ Middle Armenian: զիլ (zil)

Armenian: զիլ (zil)

→ Serbo-Croatian: zȉl / зи̏л

Perhaps from Persian زیر (zir, “high-pitched”).


نیل

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نیل • (nil) (definite accusative نیلی (nili), plural نیللر (niller))

نیلی (accusative definite)
نیللر (plural)

Turkish: nil

Borrowed from Persian نیل (nil, “indigo”), from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl), ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark blue”).

bor+

indigo, a purplish-blue dye obtained from certain plants, such as the indigo plant or woad

Indigofera tinctoria
Indigofera tinctoria#Translingual

indigo, any leguminous plant of the genus Indigofera, but especially Indigofera tinctoria

daub of indigo on the face used as a mark of grief or of shame, or, to avert the evil eye


افلاطون

Turkish: eflatun

From Arabic أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn, “Plato”), from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn) as adjusted to Arabic phonology. Nişanyan considers that the use of the term for a shade of purple originates in the multiple references to such colours in Plato's work (e.g. Ancient Greek ἁλουργής (halourgḗs) in the Republic, Book IV, 429d).


افلاطون

Turkish: eflatun


آلا

Turkish: ala

→ Bulgarian: ала (ala)

→ Macedonian: ала (ala)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ала

Latin script: ala

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āla (“variegated”); cognate with Azerbaijani ala, Bashkir ала (ala), Chuvash ула (ula), Kazakh ала (ala), Kyrgyz ала (ala), Turkmen āla, Uyghur ئالا (ala), Uzbek ola and Yakut ала (ala).

inh+

spotted, speckled, pied, striped, variegated


بوز

Turkish: boz

→ Middle Armenian: պօզ (pōz)

Armenian: բոզ (boz)


شهلا

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شهلا • (şehla)

ota-adj

شهلا • (şehla)

Turkish: şehla

Borrowed from Arabic شَهْلَاء (šahlāʔ), feminine singular of أَشْهَل (ʔašhal). The meaning “squinting, squint-eyed” is an invention of Ottoman Turkish (not found in Arabic), which likely stemmed from confusion with Arabic حَوْلَاء (ḥawlāʔ) (whence Ottoman Turkish حولا (havla)), with which the word شَهْلَاء (šahlāʔ) occurred in Arabic incantations against the evil eye. See evil eye in Turkey.

(of eyes) of a bluish or light grey color

whose eyes are bluish or light grey in color


قاون

kavun (romanization)
kavın (romanization)

Turkish: kavun

desctree

→ Arabic: قَاوُون (qāwūn, “bitter melon, cantaloupe”)
Kurdish:
→ Northern Kurdish: qawin, qawûn

desc

→ Georgian: ყავუნი (q̇avuni) — Chveneburi

→ Laz: კავონი (ǩavoni)

→ Ukrainian: каву́н (kavún, “watermelon”) (or possibly from Tatar)

→ Belarusian: каву́н (kavún)

→ Polish: kawon

→ Yiddish: קאַווענע (kavene)


سراج

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سراج • (sirac) (definite accusative سراجی (siracı), plural سرج (sürüc))

sirac (romanization)
سراجی (accusative definite)
سرج (plural)

Turkish: sirac

Borrowed from Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj, “lamp, lantern”), itself from Aramaic שְׁרָגָא (šerāgā), from Parthian *𐫢𐫡𐫀𐫄 (*šrʾɣ /širāɣ/). Doublet of چراغ (çirag, “lamp”).

bor+

light, any source of illumination, such as a candle, lightbulb, torch, lamp, streetlight, etc.


بقم

bakam (romanization)
bakkam (romanization)

Turkish: bakam, bakkam

→ Albanian: bakam, bakëm

→ Armenian: պախամ (paxam)

→ Aromanian: bãcãme

→ Belarusian: бака́н (bakán)

→ Bulgarian: бака́м (bakám)

desc

→ Greek: μπαχάμι (bachámi), μπακάμι (bakámi)

→ Macedonian: бакам (bakam)

→ Romanian: băcan

→ Russian: бака́н (bakán)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ба̀кам

Latin script: bàkam

→ Ukrainian: бака́н (bakán)

red paint from the plants of the Caesalpinieae tribe used for their brazilin-containing woods; with آغاجی (ağacı) the plant itself


مشعل

مَشْعَل (canonical)
meş'al (romanization)
مشاعل (plural)

Turkish: meşal


دودوك

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دودوك • (düdük)

ota-noun

دودوك • (düdük)

Turkish: düdük

→ Albanian: duduk

desctree

→ Armenian: դուդուկ (duduk)
→ English: duduk (learned)

→ Greek: ντουντούκα (ntountoúka)

→ Macedonian: дудук (duduk)

→ Romanian: diudiuc

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tǖtük (“pipe; whistle”); cognate with Azerbaijani düdük, Turkmen tüýdük and Uyghur دۈدۈك (düdük).

inh+

pipe, a wind instrument consisting of a tube sounded by blowing into the tube


قوپوز

Turkish: kopuz

→ Romanian: cobuz


قبوق

Turkish: kabuk

desc

→ Armenian: խապուխ (xapux), ղաբուղ (ġabuġ)

From Old Anatolian Turkish قَابُقْ (qabuq), قَبُوقْ (qabuq), from Proto-Turkic *kāpuk.


بوینوز

Turkish: boynuz

→ Crimean Tatar: boynuz

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *büńüŕ (“horn”); cognate with Azerbaijani buynuz, Bashkir мөгөҙ (mögöź), Kazakh мүйіз (müiız), Kyrgyz мүйүз (müyüz), Tatar мөгез (mögez), Uyghur مۈڭگۈز (münggüz) and Uzbek muguz.


چاقماق

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چاقماق • (çakmak)

Turkish: çakmak

→ Albanian: çakmak

→ Bulgarian: чакма́к (čakmák)

→ Georgian: ჩახმახი (čaxmaxi)

→ Greek: τσακμάκι (tsakmáki)

→ Macedonian: чакмак (čakmak)

→ Middle Armenian: չախմախ (čʻaxmax)

Armenian: չախմախ (čʻaxmax)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ча̀кмак

Latin script: čàkmak

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *č(i)akmak (“firestriker”), a development of *č(i)ak- (“to hit, strike”), whence چاقمق (çakmak, “to hit, strike”). Cognate with Azerbaijani çaxmaq and Uyghur چاقماق (chaqmaq).

inh+

firestriker, firesteel, a piece of steel used for striking a spark


كوس

Turkish: kös

Borrowed from Persian کوس (kôs, “large kettledrum”).

bor+

kus, a sort of large kettledrum similar to timpani used by ancient Persians


آلاجهری

Turkish: ala cehri (“Rhamnus”)

→ Greek: αλιζάρι (alizári)

→ French: alizari

desctree

→ Middle Armenian: ալաժահր (alažahr)
Armenian: ալաժահրի (alažahri)

From آلا (ala, “spotted; speckled; pied; striped; variegated”) + جهری (cehri, “the yellowberry, fruit of Rhamnus infectorius etc.”).

affix

speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries, fruit of Rhamnus infectorius or Rhamnus amygdalinus, used as a dye (called alizaris in the Levant)


چیویت

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چیویت • (çivit) (definite accusative چیویتی (çiviti), plural چیویتلر (çivitler))

çivit (romanization)
چیویتی (accusative definite)
چیویتلر (plural)

Turkish: çivit

→ Albanian: çivit

desc

→ Armenian: չիվիտ (čʻivit), չվիթ (čʻvitʻ)

→ Macedonian: чивит (čivit)

→ Romanian: civit

→ Serbo-Croatian: (regional)

Cyrillic script: чѝвит

Latin script: čìvit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čüvit (“indigo”); cognate with Azerbaijani çiyid, Crimean Tatar чивит and Kyrgyz чивит (civit).


قندیل

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قندیل • (kandil or kındil) (plural قنادیل)

kandil (romanization)
kındil (romanization)
قنادیل (plural)

Turkish: kandil

→ Albanian: kandil

desc

→ Armenian: խանտիլ (xantil), կանդիլ (kandil)

From Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl), ultimately from Latin candēla (“candle”).

(botany) hanging flower or glumaceous seed vessel


قاو

Turkish: kav

→ Armenian: ղավ (ġav), խավ (xav), կավ (kav), ղաւ (ġaw) — traditional orthography

Inherited from both Proto-Turkic *kiab (“tree fungus; dry grass”) and *k(i)ab (“peeled skin, to peel”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qov and Yakut кыа (kıa).

inh

tinder, punk, touchwood, any material used to light fires, but especially decayed wood


دائره

Turkish: daire

→ Albanian: dajré

desc

→ Armenian: դայրա (dayra), դայիրա (dayira), դահրե (dahre), դըհարե (dəhare), դահիրա (dahira), դարյա (darya)

→ Aromanian: daire

→ Bulgarian: дайре́ (dajré)

→ Greek: νταϊρές (ntaïrés)

→ Macedonian: дајре (dajre)

→ Romanian: dairea, daierea, daerea, daera, daira, dara

→ Serbo-Croatian: даире / daire


صاری

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صاری • (sarı)

ota-adj

صاری • (sarı)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *siarïg (“yellow, white”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰽𐰺𐰍 (sarïg), Azerbaijani sarı, Bashkir һары (harı), Chuvash шурӑ (šură), Kazakh сары (sary), Kyrgyz сары (sarı), Turkmen sāry, Tuvan сарыг (sarıg), Uyghur سېرىق (sëriq) and Uzbek sariq.

inh+

blond, flaxen, fair-haired, having pale golden or ligth yellow hair


طنبور

tunbur (romanization)
tambur (romanization)

Turkish: tambur

→ Romanian: tambură


لامپه

Turkish: lamba

From Italian lampa, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás).


غایده

Turkish: gayda

Borrowed from Bulgarian га́йда (gájda, “bagpipes”).

bor+

bagpipes, a wind instrument possessing a flexible bag


بالابان

Turkish: balaban

→ Armenian: պալապան (palapan)

→ Macedonian: балабан (balaban)

According to Nishanyan, a vulgarized form of Persian پهلوان (pahlevân, “hero, paladin; wrestler”), but compare Crimean Tatar balaban, Karaim балабан and Urum балабан. Doublet of پهلوان (pehlivân, “oil wrestler”).

cog

Karaim балабан

Urum балабан

doublet

goshawk, any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter


دمبلك

dümbelek (romanization)
tümbelek (romanization)

Turkish: dümbelek

desctree

→ Greek: τουμπελέκι (toumpeléki), τουμπερλέκι n (toumperléki), ντουμπελέκι n (ntoumpeléki)
→ English: toubeleki

Alterations of دنبك (dümbek), تنبك (tümbek), from Classical Persian تُنْبَک (tunbak), probably mixed with other words as in particular طاول (davul) from Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl).


قیرچیل

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قیرچیل • (kırçıl)

Turkish: kırçıl

قیر (kır, “gray”) + چیل (çil, “freckled”)


قیر

Turkish: kır

→ Armenian: խըռ (xəṙ), ղըռ (ġəṙ)

→ Serbo-Croatian: kŕdža, кр́џа

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïr (“isolated mountain; steppe, wilderness”); cognate with Azerbaijani qır, Bashkir ҡыр (qır), Chuvash хир (hir), Kazakh қыр (qyr), Kyrgyz кыр (kır), Turkmen gyr, Uyghur قىر (qir) and Uzbek qir.

inh+

grey, of a grey hue, of an intermediate colour between black and white


باغلامه

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باغلامه • (bağlama)

Turkish: bağlama

→ Greek: μπαγλαμάς (baglamás)

→ Romanian: balama

→ English: baglama

Verbal noun of باغلامق (bağlamak, “to tie, bind, fasten”).


چوكر

چوكر • (çöğür)

Turkish: çöğür

From a Kartvelian language, likely influenced by or derived from Persian چنگ (čang). See Georgian ჩონგური (čonguri) for more.


نوطه

Turkish: nota


رنك

Turkish: renk

→ Armenian: ըռէնկ (əṙēnk)


قوروم

Turkish: kurum

→ Armenian: խուռում (xuṙum)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kurum (“soot”); cognate with Azerbaijani qurum, Bashkir ҡором (qorom), Chuvash хӑрӑм (hărăm), Kazakh құрым (qūrym), Kyrgyz курум (kurum), Uyghur قۇرۇم (qurum), Uzbek qurum and Yakut курунньук (kurunnyuk).

inh+

soot, lampblack, fine particles of amorphous carbon and tar


طنب

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طنب • (tunb, tunub) (plural اطناب (etnab))

tunb (romanization)
tunub (romanization)
اطناب (plural)

Turkish: tunub, tenef (dialectal)

desc

→ Bulgarian: тенеп (tenep), тенеф (tenef)

→ Northern Kurdish: tenef, tenab

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: тѐнеф, тѐнеп

Latin script: tènef, tènep

Borrowed from Arabic طُنُب (ṭunub, “rope, line”).

bor+

(by extension) sunbeam, a visible, narrow and intense ray of sunlight


مائی

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مائی • (mâî)

Ultimately from Arabic مَاء (māʔ, “water”), through the meaning "having the colour of water".


دوزن

دوزن • (düzen)

ota-noun

دوزن • (düzen)

Turkish: düzen

→ Arabic: دُوزَان (dūzān)

desc

→ Armenian: տիւզէն (tiwzēn), դո̈ւզա̈ն (düzän)

→ Aromanian: duzeni, duzene

→ Bulgarian: дузе́н (duzén)

→ Macedonian: дузен (duzen)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ду̀зен

Latin script: dùzen

From دوزـ (düz-, “to arrange, to form, to make etc.”) + ـن (-en).


یشیل

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یشیل • (yeşil)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāĺïl (“green”); cognate with Azerbaijani yaşıl, Bashkir йәшел (yəşel), Chuvash ҫулҫӑ (śulś̬ă), Kazakh жасыл (jasyl), Kyrgyz жашыл (jaşıl), Turkmen ýaşyl, Uyghur يېشىل (yëshil), Uzbek yashil and Yakut саһыл (sahıl)

inh+

green, verdant, virent, with a hue which is of grass or leaves


ترنجی

türünci (romanization)
turuncu (romanization)

From Ottoman Turkish ترنج (türünç, “bitter orange”) or Persian ترنجی (toronji), from Arabic تُرُنْج (turunj, “citron (fruit)”).

der

resembling a bitter orange, especially in colour


ترنجی

Turkish: turuncu


كولكه

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گولگه • (gölge) (plural گولگهلر)

ota-noun

گولگه • (gölge) (plural گولگهلر)

گولگه (canonical)
gölge (romanization)
گولگهلر (plural)

Turkish: gölge

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kölige, from the root *köl (“shade, shadow”); cognate with Azerbaijani kölgə, Bashkir күләгә (küləgə), Crimean Tatar kölge, Kazakh көлеңке (köleñke), Kyrgyz көлөкө (kölökö), Tuvan хөлеге (xölege), Turkmen kölege and Yakut күлүк (külük).

shadow, shade, darkness where light is blocked


زلجی

→⇒ Armenian: Զիլճյան (Zilčyan, surname)

From زل (zil, “cymbal, gong, castanet”) + ـجی (ci, occupational suffix).

affix

maker or seller of cymbals, gongs, and the like


كمانچه

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كمانچه • (kemençe)

→ Armenian: քեմենչե (kʻemenčʻe)

From كمان (keman, “archery bow; violin, fiddle”) + ـچه (-çe, diminutive suffix for Persian words).


كامنچه‌جی

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كامنچهجی • (kemençeci)

كامنچهجی (canonical)
kemençeci (romanization)

Turkish: kemençeci

desc

→ Armenian: Քամանչաջյան (Kʻamančʻaǰyan), Քեմենչեջյան (Kʻemenčʻeǰyan), Քամանչաճեան (Kʻamančʻačean) — Western Armenian, traditional orthography

From كمانچه (kemençe, “small-sized violin”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).


سازجی

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سازجی • (sazcı)

Turkish: sazcı

From ساز (saz, “a stringed instrument, the saz or baglama”) + ـجی (cı, occupational suffix).


چنك

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چنك • (çenk)

Turkish: çenk

From Persian چنگ (čang, “claw, talon; lyre, harp”).


دوه توكی

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دوه توكى • (deve tüyü)

ota-noun

دوه توكى • (deve tüyü)

دوه توكى (canonical)
deve tüyü (romanization)

Turkish: deve tüyü

Compound of دوه (deve, “camel”) + توك (tük, “hair”), variant of توی (tüy, “hair”).


ایشق

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ایشق • (ışık) (definite accusative ایشغی (ışığı), plural ایشقلر (ışıklar))

ışık (romanization)
ایشغی (accusative definite)
ایشقلر (plural)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yạĺ(č)uk (“light”), a development of *yạĺ(č)- (“to blaze, flame”), the same source of ایشیمق (ışımak, “to shine”) and ایشین (ışın, “flash, gleam, lightning glow”). Cognate with Azerbaijani işıq (“light”) and Turkmen yşyk (“light”).

inh+

light, the electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye

light, any source of illumination, such as a candle, lightbulb, torch, lamp, streetlight, etc.


ایشق

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ایشق • (ışık)

Turkish: ışık

desc

→ Armenian: ըշըխ (əšəx) — Constantinople

luminous, shining, radiant, brilliant, refulgent, emitting light, glowing brightly

luminous, brightly illuminated, lighted, lit up, irradiated or shone with light


قولا

Turkish: kula

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kula (“light yellow, brown”); cognate with Chuvash хула (hula), Mongolian хул (xul), Turkmen qula and Uzbek qula.

inh

قولا:


طولوم

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طولوم • (tulum) (definite accusative طولومی (tulumu), plural طولوملر (tulumlar))

tulum (romanization)
طولومی (accusative definite)
طولوملر (plural)

Turkish: tulum

→ Albanian: tollumbë

→ Armenian: թուլում (tʻulum)

→ Greek: τουλούμι (touloúmi)

→ Laz: თულუმი (tulumi), ტულუმი (ťulumi)

→ Serbo-Croatian: tùlum, ту̀лум

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tulum (“a skin container”), probably a development of *tōl- (“to swell”). Cognate with Azerbaijani tuluq and Mongolian тулум (tulum).


غایده‌جی

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غایدهجی • (gaydacı)

غایدهجی (canonical)
gaydacı (romanization)

Turkish: gaydacı

From غایده (gayda, “bagpipes”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).


فستقی

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فستقی • (fıstıkî)

ota-adj

فستقی • (fıstıkî)

Turkish: fıstıki

→ Greek: φιστικί (fistikí)

Borrowed from Arabic فُسْتُقِيّ (fustuqiyy). By surface analysis, فستق (fıstık) + ـی (-î, nisba suffix).

surf

فستقی:


قوال

Turkish: kaval

desc

→ Armenian: խավալ (xaval), կավալ (kaval), ղավալ (ġaval)

→ Azerbaijani: qaval

→ Romanian: caval

From Arabic قَوَّال (qawwāl, “talkative”).

س – قاچطورلو طوپ واردر؟
ج – علی العموم قوال و ششخانهلی نامیله ایكی طورلو طوپ واردر.

1917, Efrat-ı cedideye mahsus topçuluk dersleri:

Q – How many types of cannon are there?
A – In general, there are two types called smoothbore and rifled.

S – Kaç türlü top vardır?
C – Alelumum kaval ve şeşhaneli namile iki türlü top vardır.


چالپاره

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چالپاره • (çalpara)

Turkish: çalpara

→ Armenian: չալփարա (čʻalpʻara)

→ Romanian: geamparale

From Persian چار پاره (“type of percussion instrument”, literally “four parts”).


آتشدان

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آتشدان • (ateşdan)

Turkish: ateşdan

Borrowed from Persian آتشدان (âtašdân, “fireplace”), from آتش (âtaš, “fire”) + ـدان (-dân, “holder, container”).

bor+

fireplace, an open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney


آلافرانغه

→ Albanian: allafranga

desc

ալաֆըռանկա<lb:պլ>

→ Armenian: (Constantinople) ալաֆըռանկա (alafəṙanka)

اولجه مشتریلرمزه و مد ایتدیكمز نادیده و یكی برچوق آلاتورقه و آلافرانغه هوالری محتوی بولنان حقیقی غراموفون پلاقلری بو كره اوروپادن ورود ایتمشدر.

1901 January 6, advertisement in İkdam, page 4

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Evvelce müşterilerimize ve med ettiğimiz nadide ve yeni birçok alaturka ve alafranga havaları muhtevi bulunan hakiki gramofon plakları bu kere Avrupadan vürud etmiştir.


آلاتورقه

→ Armenian: ալաթուրքա (alatʻurkʻa)


اقوستیك

Turkish: akustik


چوقولاته

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چوقولاته • (çokolata)

ota-noun

چوقولاته • (çokolata)

→ Albanian: çokollátë

Turkish: çikolata

From Italian cioccolato, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl.


تركی

türkî (romanization)
türkü (romanization)

Turkish: türkü

From ترك (türk, “Turk”) + ـی (-î, nisba suffix).

af

folk song, a song, especially a Turkish one, originating among common people and handed down by oral tradition


تكیر

Turkish: tekir

→ Armenian: թէքիր (tʻēkʻir)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῐ́γρῐς (tĭ́grĭs, “tiger”), in reference to its dark vertical stripes.

der

brindled, tabby, of a brownish or grey colour, with stripes, streaks, or spots


اوطون

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اوطون • (odun)

ota-noun

اوطون • (odun)

Turkish: odun

→ Armenian: օտուն (ōtun)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ōtïn (“firewood”), from *ōt (“fire”); cognate with Azerbaijani odun, Bashkir утын (utın), Kazakh отын (otyn), Kyrgyz отун (otun), Tatar утын (utın), Turkmen odun, Uyghur ئوتۇن (otun) and Uzbek o'tin.

inh+

firewood, wood intended to be burned, typically for heat


زورناجی

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زورناجی • (zurnacı)

Turkish: zurnacı

desc

→ Armenian: զուռնաճի (zuṙnači), զուռնաչի (zuṙnačʻi)

From زورنا (zurna, “zurna, shawm”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

zurna-player, someone who plays the zurna


جورا

Turkish: cura

→ Albanian: xhura

Borrowed from Classical Persian جره (jurra), which is akin to Old Armenian ճուռակ (čuṙak), Arabic زُرَّق (zurraq).

bor+

A shrill-voiced horn, similar to a clarion.


كورلدی

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گورلدی • (gürüldü)

ota-noun

گورلدی • (gürüldü)

گورلدی (canonical)
gürüldü (romanization)

Turkish: gürültü

→ Albanian: gjurulti

→ Aromanian: ghiurultie, ghiurultii

→ Bulgarian: гюрюлти́я (gjurjultíja)

→ Greek: γκιουρουλτί (gkiouroultí)

→ Macedonian: ѓурултија (ǵurultija)

desc

đurūltȉja//ђурӯлти̏ја

→ Serbo-Croatian: đurūltȉja /ђурӯлти̏ја

A development of گور (gür, “gurgling or humming sound”), a word of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Turkmen gürrüldi.

noise, various types of sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant


دودوكجی

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دودوكجی • (düdükcü)

Turkish: düdükçü

→⇒ Armenian: Դուդուկչյան (Dudukčʻyan)

From دودوك (düdük, “whistle; pipe”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cü, occupational suffix).


اوپه‌را

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اوپهرا • (opera)

ota-noun

اوپهرا • (opera)

Turkish: opera


قانونجی

Turkish: kanuncu

From قانون (kanun, “law; dulcimer”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

suffix

legislator, lawmaker, someone who creates or enacts laws


طنطنه

Turkish: tantana

→ Armenian: թանթանա (tʻantʻana)

→ Romanian: dandana

Borrowed from Arabic طَنْطَنَة (ṭanṭana, “twang, ringing, drum roll”), a word of onomatopoeic origin related to طَنَّ (ṭanna, “to ring, to clang”) and طَنَّان (ṭannān, “ringing, buzzing”). Compare Azerbaijani təntənə and Bashkir тантана (tantana).

bor+

humming, buzzing, thrumming, the sound of something that hums


چاغرغان

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چاغرغان • (çağırgan)

ota-adj

چاغرغان • (çağırgan)

Turkish: çağırgan

From چاغرـ (çağır-, “to call, hail; to cry out, shout”) + ـغان (-gan).

suf

vociferous, clamorous, making or characterized by a noisy outcry


شرقیجی

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شرقیجی • (şarkıcı)

Turkish: şarkıcı

From شرقی (şarkı, “song”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

singer, cantor, chanter, a person who sings or chants, often professionally


لاؤطه

Turkish: lavta (see there for further descendants)

→ Armenian: լավութա (lavutʻa)

Borrowed from Venetan lauto. Doublet of عود (ʼud).


چوكان

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چوگان • (çevgân)

Turkish: çevgan, çevgen

→ Romanian: cioian

Borrowed from Persian چوگان (čowgân, “crosier; polo stick”), itself from Middle Persian cwpkʾn' (“polo stick”).

bor+

percussion instrument
percussion instrument

Turkish crescent, a percussion instrument traditionally used by military bands


كونش

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گونش • (güneş)

ota-noun

گونش • (güneş)

Turkish: güneş

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *küneĺ (“sun; sunny place”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰛𐰈𐰤𐰾 (küneš), Azerbaijani günəş, Bashkir ҡояш (qoyaş), Chuvash хӗвел (hĕvel), Tatar кояш (qoyaş), Turkmen güneş, Uyghur قۇياش (quyash), Uzbek quyosh and Yakut куйаас (kuyaas).

inh+

(astronomy) sun, the star that the Earth revolves around


رامش

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رامش • (râmiş) (definite accusative رامشی (râmişi), plural رامشلر (râmişler))

râmiş (romanization)
رامشی (accusative definite)
رامشلر (plural)

Turkish: ramiş

music, a series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody and rhythm