چینی

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چینی • (çini)

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چینی • (çini)

Turkish: çini

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

bor+

porcelain blue, a peculiarly delicate, light blue color


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


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


بویا

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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.

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


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


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”).


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)

→ Greek: μαβής (mavís)

→ Italian: mavì

→ Ladino: mavi

→ Middle Georgian: მავი (mavi)


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).

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spotted, speckled, pied, striped, variegated


بوز

Turkish: boz

→ Middle Armenian: պօզ (pōz)

Armenian: բոզ (boz)


شهلا

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شهلا • (şehla)

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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

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→ 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)


بقم

bakam (romanization)
bakkam (romanization)

Turkish: bakam, bakkam

→ Albanian: bakam, bakëm

→ Armenian: պախամ (paxam)

→ Aromanian: bãcãme

→ Belarusian: бака́н (bakán)

→ Bulgarian: бака́м (bakám)

→ 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


آلاجهری

Turkish: ala cehri (“Rhamnus”)

→ Greek: αλιζάρι (alizári)

→ French: alizari

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→ 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)

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چیویت • (çivit)

Turkish: çivit

→ Albanian: çivit

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

→ Macedonian: чивит (čivit)

→ Romanian: civit

→ Serbo-Croatian: (regional)

Cyrillic script: чѝвит

Latin script: čìvit

Cognate to Kyrgyz чивит (civit), Crimean Tatar чивит, çivit …

Indigofera tinctoria
Indigofera tinctoria#Translingual

indigo, Indigofera tinctoria and Indigofera gen. et spp.


صاری

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صاری • (sarı)

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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.

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


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.

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


رنك

Turkish: renk

→ Armenian: ըռէնկ (əṙēnk)


مائی

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مائی • (mâî)

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


یشیل

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)

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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)”).

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resembling a bitter orange, especially in colour


ترنجی

Turkish: turuncu


دوه توكی

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دوه توكى • (deve tüyü)

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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”).


چاپاق

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چاپاق • (çapak)

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چاپاق • (çapak)

Turkish: çapak

→ Armenian: չափախ (čʻapʻax)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čalpak (“dirt, filth”), a development of *čalp- (“to hit, strike; to make something piebald or multi-colored”); cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (çalpak, “dirt”) and Uyghur چاپاق (chapaq, “fump, (eye) gum”).

cog

sleep, gound, inspissated mucus in the eyelids


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:


شاشی

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شاشی • (şaşı)

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شاشی • (şaşı)

Turkish: şaşı

→ Armenian: շաշ (šaš), շաշի (šaši)

→ Romanian: sașiu

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *siāĺig (“squinting”), a development of *siāĺ- (“to be astonished, to slander”), whence شاشمق (şaşmak, “to be astonished”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (sašï, “confused, bewildered”) and Kipchak [script needed] (šašï, “squint-eyed”).

cog

squint-eyed, cross-eyed, having both eyes oriented inward


فستقی

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فستقی • (fıstıkî)

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فستقی • (fıstıkî)

Turkish: fıstıki

→ Greek: φιστικί (fistikí)

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

surf

فستقی:


چوقولاته

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چوقولاته • (çokolata)

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چوقولاته • (çokolata)

→ Albanian: çokollátë

Turkish: çikolata

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


تكیر

Turkish: tekir

→ Armenian: թէքիր (tʻēkʻir)

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

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


مردمك

merdümek (romanization)
merdimek (romanization)

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Turkish: merdimek, mercimek, mercemek, mürdümük, mürdük, mercek

→ Armenian: մէրճիմէկ (mērčimēk) — Constantinople

→ Bulgarian: мерджеме́к (merdžemék), мержеме́к (meržemék), мермжеме́к (mermžemék), мерджумек (merdžumek)

→ Georgian: მერჯიმეგ (merǯimeg) — Imerkhevi

Borrowed from Classical Persian مردمک (mardumak), a diminutive of مَرْدُم (mardom, “people; human”).

bor+

pupil, the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye


حدقه

Turkish: hadeka

Borrowed from Arabic حَدَقَة (ḥadaqa, “pupil”).


كوز ببكی

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گوز ببگی • (göz bebeği)

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گوز ببگی • (göz bebeği)

گوز ببگی (canonical)
göz bebeği (romanization)

Turkish: gözbebeği

From گوز (göz, “eye”) + ببك (bebek, “baby, infant; doll, puppet”).


شاشیلامق

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شاشیلامق • (şaşılamak)

Turkish: şaşılamak

From شاشی (şaşı, “squint-eyed, cross-eyed”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

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(intransitive) to squint, skelly, to suffer from strabismus


شاشیلق

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شاشیلق • (şaşılık)

Turkish: şaşılık

From شاشی (şaşı, “squint-eyed, cross-eyed”) + ـلق (-lık, -luk, “-ness”).

suf

strabismus, squint, a defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles