آجیلق

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آجیلق • (acılık)

Turkish: acılık

From آجی (acı, “bitter”) + ـلق (-lık, “-ness”).

suf

bitterness, acridness, the quality of having a bitter taste


یولجی

Turkish: yolcu

→ Albanian: jollxhi

→ Armenian: եօլճի (eōlči)

desc

jòldžija//јо̀лџија

→ Serbo-Croatian: jòldžija／јо̀лџија

From یول (yol, “road, street, way”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

suffix

traveller, wayfarer, one who travels, especially to distant lands


تزك

Turkish: tezek

→ Armenian: թէզէկ (tʻēzēk)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŕek (“dung”); cognate with Bashkir тиҙәк (tiźək), Kazakh тезек (tezek), Kyrgyz тезек (tezek), Southern Altai тезек (tezek), Uyghur تېزەك (tëzek) and Uzbek tezak.

inh+

dung, manure, animal excrement molded into cakes and dried for fuel


كوشه طاشی

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كوشه طاشی • (köşe taşı)

ota-noun

كوشه طاشی • (köşe taşı)

Turkish: köşe taşı

From كوشه (köşe, “angle, corner”) + طاش (taş, “stone”).

cornerstone, a stone forming the base at the corner of a building


دمه

Turkish: deme

Borrowed from Persian دمه (dama, “bellows”).

bor+

bellows, a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity


بیله‌جك

بیلهجك (canonical)
bilecik (romanization)

Turkish: Bilecik

→ Armenian: Պիլէճիք (Pilēčikʻ)

An evolution of the original Byzantine Greek name Βηλοκώμη (Bēlokṓmē), probably a compound of Bulgarian бял (bjal, “white”) + -о- + Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, “village”). It should be assumed that this was one of the Serbian settlements in this region, since the original Greek name would have produced a form like Vilegüme or Veligöme in Turkish.

Bilecik (a city and province in East Marmara region, Turkey)


دمیده

Turkish: demide

Borrowed from Persian دمیده (damide, “sprouted; blown”), past participle of دمیدن (damidan, “to breathe, blow, sprout”).


قاشوط

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قاشوط • (kaşot)

Turkish: Kaşot

Kassos (an island in the Dodecanese, Greece).


معدنجی

Turkish: madenci

desc

→ Armenian: մատէնճի (matēnči), ⇒ Մատենճյան (Matenčyan)

From معدن (maʼden, “mine; mineral, metal, ore”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).


وجدانسز

Turkish: vicdansız

From وجدان (vicdan, “conscience”) + ـسز (-siz, -suz, “-less”).


زنجیرلنمك

Turkish: zincirlenmek

desc

→ Armenian: զինճիլլէմիշ (zinčillēmiš), զնջիլլա̈միշ (znǰillämiš)

From زنجیر (zincir, “chain”) + ـلنمك (-lenmek, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels).

suffix

(intransitive) to be chained, to be fastened with a chain

(intransitive) to be connected as a chain or series


جامجی معجونی

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جامجی معجونی

جامجی معجونی • (camcı maʼcunu)

ota-noun

جامجی معجونی

جامجی معجونی • (camcı maʼcunu)

Turkish: camcı macunu

From جامجی (camcı, “glazier”) + معجون (maʼcun, “paste; putty”).

glazier's putty, any of various putties used to affix the windowpanes to the frame


اشیك

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اشیك • (eşik)

ota-noun

اشیك • (eşik)

Turkish: eşik

→ Armenian: էշիկ (ēšik)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ēĺük (“door”); cognate with Azerbaijani eşik, Bashkir ишек (işek), Chuvash алӑк (alăk), Kazakh есік (esık), Kyrgyz эшик (eşik), Turkmen eşik, Uyghur ئىشىك (ishik) and Uzbek eshik.

inh+

threshold, doorsill, doorstep, the lowermost part of a doorway

(by extension) threshold, any entrance, end or boundary


իւզէնկի

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իւզէնկի • (üzengi)

Armeno-Turkish spelling of اوزنگی (üzengi)


խըրչըն

խըրչըն • (hırçın)

Armeno-Turkish spelling of خرچین (hırçın)


شامه

شامه • (şame) (irregular plural شام or شامات)

şame (romanization)
شام (irregular plural)
شامات (irregular plural)


شامه

شامه • (şame)

Turkish: şami, şamı (dialectal)

→ Albanian: shami

→ Aromanian: shimii／shimie

→ Bulgarian: шами́я (šamíja)

→ Macedonian: шамија (šamija)

→ Romani:

Balkan Romani: šamija, šamia, šamuja

Vlax Romani: šamija

desc

šámija//ша́мија

→ Serbo-Croatian: šámija／ша́мија

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَامَه (šāma). All descendants rather reflect a dialectal form *شامی (*şami), which may have arose by conflation with شامی (şami, “Damascene”), for which compare the similarly formed یمنی (yemeni, “headscarf”, literally “Yemeni”).


شامه

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شامه • (şamme)

Borrowed from Classical Persian شامه (šāmma). Ultimately from Arabic شَمَّ (šamma, “to smell”).


شامه

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شامه • (şame)

Alternative form of شامی (şami, “Damascene”)


مدیاد

Turkish: Midyat

Borrowed from Northern Kurdish Midyad, itself from Classical Syriac ܡܕܝܕ (mëḏyaḏ).

Midyat (a town and district in Mardin province, Turkey)


اویقوجی

اویقوجی • (uykucu)

Turkish: uykucu

From اویقو (uyku, “sleep”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

suffix

sleepyhead, a great sleeper, a person who enjoys sleeping


صابونلانمق

Turkish: sabunlanmak

→ Armenian: սապօնլանմիշ (sapōnlanmiš)

From صابون (sabun, “soap”) + ـلانمق (-lanmak, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels).

affix

(intransitive) to become soapy or like soap


چاقر طوغان

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چاقر طوغان • (çakır doğan)

Turkish: çakırdoğan

From چاقر (çakır, “light blue”) + طوغان (doğan, “hawk, falcon”).

Falco columbarius
Falco columbarius#Translingual

merlin, pigeon hawk, a small species of falcon (Falco columbarius)


بورونلو

Turkish: burunlu

From بورون (burun, “nose; beak; cape”) + ـلو (lu, -lı).

affix

provided with a nose, beak, point, or similar things

conceited, arrogant, having excessive pride in oneself


تویج

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تویج • (tüveyc) (plural تویجات (tüveycat))

Turkish: tüveyc

Borrowed from Arabic تُوَيْج (tuwayj, “corolla”), a diminutive of تَاج (tāj, “crown”).

bor+

(botany) corolla, an outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals


ردیف

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ردیف • (redîf)

ota-noun

ردیف • (redîf)

Turkish: redif

one who rides behind another on the same beast

the reserve or militia of the regular Ottoman army


یوفقه

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yubka (“thin (of flat objects)”); cognate with Bashkir йоҡа (yoqa), Kazakh жұқа (jūqa), Kyrgyz жука (juka), Kumyk юкъкъа (yuqqa), Southern Altai јука (ǰuka), Turkmen ýuka, Uyghur يۇپقا (yupqa) and Uzbek yupqa.

inh+

thin, having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite

brittle, friable, crisp, easily broken into small fragments or crumbles


یوفقه

Turkish: yufka

→ Armenian: յուֆխա (yufxa)

→ Bulgarian: юфка́ (jufká)

→ English: yufka

→ Macedonian: јуфка (jufka)

→ Romanian: iofca

yufka, a thin, round, unleavened flatbread found in Turkish cuisine


طامو

Turkish: tamu

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طامو (tamu), from Proto-Turkic *tamu (“hell”), itself from Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼴 (tmw), the accusative form of 𐽂𐼺 (tm, “hell”). Cognate with Bashkir тамуҡ (tamuq), Kazakh тамұқ (tamūq), Tatar тәмуг (tämuğ), Uyghur تامۇق (tamuq) and Uzbek tamugʻ.

(religion, obsolete) hell, a place of torment where sinners are believed to go after death.


آراروت

Turkish: ararot

From English arrowroot, from Lokono aru-aru.


زیبقه

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زیبقه • (zıpka)

ota-noun

زیبقه • (zıpka)

Turkish: zıpka

From Abkhaz аӡеиқәа (adzejkʷa, “pants”).


قانو

Turkish: kano

From French canot, from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa, from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.


قرانتینه

Turkish: karantina

From Italian quarantina, from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”).


غلادیاتور

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غلادیاتور • (gladyatör)

ota-noun

غلادیاتور • (gladyatör)

Turkish: gladyatör

From French gladiateur, from Latin gladiator.

سكسان صیرا مرتبهسی وار ایدی و سكسان سیرجییی استیعاب ایدر ایدی. غلادیاتور ایونلری بوراده اجرا ایدیلور ایدی.

1912, Emrullah Efendi, Yeni muhitülmaarif, page 713:


چاقماقجی

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چاقماقجی • (çakmakcı)

Turkish: çakmakçı

→⇒ Armenian: Չախմախչյան (Čʻaxmaxčʻyan)

From چاقماق (çakmak, “firestriker, firesteel”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

maker or seller of firestrikers or firesteels


مخروط

Turkish: mahrut

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْرُوط (maḵrūṭ, “cone”).

bor+

(geometry) cone, a geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base to a point called apex or vertex


قاروچه

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قاروچه • (karoça)

ota-noun

قاروچه • (karoça)

Turkish: karoça

Borrowed from Italian carrozza (“carriage”).

bor+

carriage, coach, a four-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle designed to transport people


بللیسزلك

From بللیسز (bellisiz, “unknown, uncertain; imperceptible”) + ـلك (-lik, lük, “-ness, -ship, -hood”).

suf

uncertainty, the condition of being uncertain or ambiguous

imperceptibility, the quality of being imperceptible or undetectable


طومروقلانمق

Turkish: tomruklanmak

From طومروق (tomruk, “log; bud”) + ـلانمق (-lanmak, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels).


اوپه‌را

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اوپهرا • (opera)

ota-noun

اوپهرا • (opera)

Turkish: opera


ككلیك بالغی

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ككلیك بالغی • (keklik balığı)

ota-noun

ككلیك بالغی • (keklik balığı)

Turkish: keklik balığı

From ككلیك (keklik, “partridge”) + بالق (balık, “fish”).

Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse

Mediterranean rainbow wrasse, a small, colourful fish of the species Coris julis


آفیون قره حصار

Turkish: Afyonkarahisar

Morphologically from آفیون (afyon, “opium”) + قره (kara, “black”) + حصار (hisar, “fortress, stronghold”). In the medieval times the city was named قره حصار (kara hisar) after the ancient fortress situated upon a volcanic rock above the settlement and subsequently renamed قره حصار صاحب (kara hisar-ı sahib) after the city was conquered by the Persian vizier Sâhib Ata. The origin of the name آفیون (afyon) is unclear: it could derive from the Ancient Greek name for the settlement, Ἀκροϊνόν (Akroïnón), through deformation.

(obsolete)

Afyonkarahisar (a city and province in the Aegean region, Turkey)


ضبطیه

Turkish: zaptiye

→ Armenian: զապթիյէ (zaptʻiyē)

→ Bulgarian: заптие (zaptie)

→ English: zaptieh

→ French: zaptieh

→ Italian: zaptiè

→ Romanian: zapciu

Borrowed from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّه (ḍabṭiyyah, “policeman”).

bor+

police officer, a peace officer who is a member of a police force


قومپلیمان

Turkish: kompliman

From French compliment, from Italian complimento, from Spanish cumplimiento, from Latin complēmentum; doublet of قومپلیمنت (kompliment).


كوپورمك

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كوپورمك • (köpürmek)

Turkish: köpürmek

desc

→ Armenian: քէօփիւրմիշ (kʻēōpʻiwrmiš), քօպուրմիշ (kʻōpurmiš)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *köpür- (“to foam”), a development of *köp- (“to swell”), whence كوپوك (köpük, “foam, lather”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (köpür-), Southern Altai кӧбӱр- (köbür-, “to foam”), etc.

cog

(intransitive) to foam, froth, to form or emit foam

(intransitive) to effervesce, fizz, to emit small bubbles of dissolved gas


مادمازه‌ل

مادمازهل (canonical)
madmazel (romanization)

Turkish: matmazel


پشمان

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پشمان • (pişman)


سمندره

Turkish: Semendire


فائضجی

فائضجی • (faʼizci)

Turkish: faizci

From فائض (faʼiz, “interest”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

usurer, loan shark, someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest


آیاقلامق

Turkish: ayaklamak

From آیاق (ayak, “foot”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

(transitive) to trample, tread on, stomp, calcate, to crush something by walking on it

(transitive) to measure a distance using the feet

(transitive) to furnish something with a leg or foot


چاره‌سز

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چارهسز • (çaresiz)

چارهسز (canonical)
çaresiz (romanization)

Turkish: çaresiz

From چاره (çare, “remedy, solution, cure”) + ـسز (-siz, -suz, “-less”).

suffix

irremediable, irreparable, incurable, unable to be remedied or cured


یاپشقان اوتی

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یاپشقان اوتی

یاپشقان اوتی • (yapışkan otu)

ota-noun

یاپشقان اوتی

یاپشقان اوتی • (yapışkan otu)

Turkish: yapışkan otu

From یاپشقان (yapışkan, “sticky, adhering, tenacious; birdlime”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”).

pellitory, any perennial, herbaceous plant of the genus Parietaria


صقاق

Turkish: sakak

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sakak (“gill; dewlap”); cognate with Uyghur ساقاق (saqaq).

inh+

dewlap, the pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal

double chin, dewlap, a layer of subcutaneous fat under the chin of a person


بایع

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بایع • (bayiʼ) (definite accusative بایعی (bayiʼi), plural بایعلر (bayiʼler))

bayiʼ (romanization)
بایعی (accusative definite)
بایعلر (plural)

Turkish: bayi

Borrowed from Arabic بَائِع (bāʔiʕ, “seller”).

bor+

vendor, seller, a person or company that vends or sells


چارداق

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چارداق • (çardak)

ota-noun

چارداق • (çardak)

Alternative spelling of چارطاق (çardak, “pergola, trellis”)


كوز حبسی

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گوز حبسی • (göz hapsi)

گوز حبسی (canonical)
göz hapsi (romanization)


باقنمق

Turkish: bakınmak


صاپ‌صاری كسیلمك

صاپصاری كسیلمك (canonical)
sapsarı kesilmek (romanization)

Turkish: sapsarı kesilmek

Compounded from صاپصاری (sapsarı, “pale”) + كسیلمك (kesilmek, “to become”).


یاغمورلو

یاغمورلو • (yağmurlu)


سچمه‌جه

سچمهجه • (seçmece)

ota-adj

سچمهجه • (seçmece)

سچمهجه (canonical)
seçmece (romanization)

Derived from سچمه (“selecting, selection”) + ـجه.

سچمهجه قارپوز


دكرسز

Turkish: değersiz

From دكر (değer, “value”) + ـسز (-siz, -suz, “-less”).

suffix

worthless, valueless, having no worth or value


مغازه‌جی

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مغازهجی • (mağazacı)

مغازهجی (canonical)
mağazacı (romanization)

Turkish: mağazacı

→ Armenian: Մաղազաճյան (Maġazačyan)

From مغازه (mağaza, “storeroom, store, shop”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

storekeeper, shopkeeper, one who runs a shop, either the owner or manager


چاره‌سزلك

چارهسزلك (canonical)
çaresizlik (romanization)

Turkish: çaresizlik

From چارهسز (çaresiz, “irremediable”) + ـلك (-lik, lük, “-ness, -ship, -hood”).

suf

irremediableness, the state or quality of being irremediable


یوفقه‌لانمق

یوفقهلانمق (canonical)
yufkalanmak (romanization)

Turkish: yufkalanmak

From یوفقه (yufka, “thin”) + ـلانمق (-lanmak, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels).


سبزواتجی

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سبزواتجی • (sebzevatçı)

desc

Զավզավաթճյան

→ Armenian: զավզավաթճի (zavzavatʻči), ⇒ Զավզավաթճյան (Zavzavatʻčyan)

Derived from سبزوات (sebzevat) + ـجی (çı). See سبزوات for more.

a vegetable seller; a vegetable hawker, a greengrocer


تسبیح آغاجی

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تسبیح آغاجی • (tesbih ağacı)

ota-noun

تسبیح آغاجی • (tesbih ağacı)

Turkish: tespih ağacı

From تسبیح (tesbih, “prayer beads”) + آغاج (ağac, “tree”).

Melia azedarach
Melia azedarach#Translingual

bead tree, azedarach, a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree of the species Melia azedarach


تویسز

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تویسز • (tüysüz)

Turkish: tüysüz

→ Armenian: թո̈ւյսո̈ւզ (tʻüysüz)

From توی (tüy, “body hair; feather”) + ـسز (-siz, -süz, “-less”).

suffix

featherless, apteric, having no feathers


قورناز

Turkish: kurnaz

desc

→ Armenian: խուռնազ (xuṙnaz), կուռնազ (kuṙnaz)

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرناس (qurnās).

bor+

sly, crafty, cunning, wily, skillful at deceiving others


صاصون

Turkish: Sason

Borrowed from Armenian Սասուն (Sasun). The town was formerly known as قابلجواز (kabilcevaz).

(obsolete)

Sason (a town and district in Batman province, Turkey)


اوپمك

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اوپمك • (öpmek)

Turkish: öpmek

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *öp- (“to kiss”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰇𐰯 (öp-), Azerbaijani öpmək, Bashkir үбеү (übew), Kazakh өбу (öbu), Kyrgyz өбүү (öbüü), Southern Altai ӧбӧр (öbör), Turkmen öpmek, Uyghur ئۆپمەك (öpmek) and Uzbek oʻpmoq.

inh+

(transitive) to kiss, to touch with the lips or press the lips against


آچق

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آچق • (açık)

Turkish: açık

→ Albanian: açik

→ Armenian: աչըխ (ačʻəx), աչըղ (ačʻəġ)

→ Aromanian: acic

→ Bulgarian: ачи́к (ačík)

→ Macedonian: ачик (ačik)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: а̀чик, ха̀чик

Latin script: àčik, hàčik

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ačuk (“open”); cognate with Azerbaijani açıq, Bashkir асыҡ (asıq), Chuvash уҫӑ (uś̬ă), Kazakh ашық (aşyq), Kyrgyz ачык (acık), Tatar ачык (açıq), Turkmen açyk, Uyghur ئوچۇق (ochuq) and Uzbek ochiq.

inh+

obvious, clear, evident, apparent, manifest, visible

open, not covered, uncovered, without a roof on

(of the sky) clear, cloudless, without any clouds

shameless, impudent, immodest, lacking modesty or shame


اینجی

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اینجی • (inci)

Alternative and later spelling of اینجو (pearl).


آزیلی

آزیلی • (azılı)

From آزی + ـلی.


آزی

گمی آزییه آلمق

(of a horse) to jib, to balk; (by extension) to rebel; (of horse) to take the bit between the molar teeth


اوغوزانه

اوغوزانه • (oğuzâne)

ota-adj

اوغوزانه • (oğuzâne)

From اوغوز (oğuz, “boor”) + ـانه (-âne, “-like”).


اوغوزانه

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اوغوزانه • (oğuzâne)

ota-adv

اوغوزانه • (oğuzâne)


آسوده

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آسوده • (âsûde)


سونمك

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sebin- (“to rejoice, be happy”). See it for cognates.


اشسز

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اشسز • (eşsiz)

Turkish: eşsiz

From اش (eş, “pair, mate, match”) + ـسز (-siz, “-less”).


آشیری

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آشیری • (aşırı)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āĺru (“very much, extremely”), a development of *(i)āĺ- (“to pass, to surpass”), whence آشمق (aşmak, “to pass, surpass”). Cognate with Azerbaijani aşırı.

inh+

excessive, extreme, inordinate, immoderate, exceeding the usual bounds of something, unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude


آشیری

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آشیری • (aşırı)

Turkish: aşırı

over, beyond, further away than, on the other side of


التجا

Turkish: iltica

Borrowed from Arabic اِلْتِجَاء (iltijāʔ, “refuge, shelter”), verbal noun from إِلْتَجَأَ (ʔiltajaʔa).

bor+

refuge, shelter, any place providing safety and protection


مطروش

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مطروش • (matruş)

Pseudo-Arabism from the passive participle conjugation of pseudo trilateral root ط ر ش (ṭ r š, “to shave”) created from the consonants of تراش (tıraş, “shaving”) which is from Persian تراش (“shaving”, noun). Also from the same pseudo root مترش (müterreş, “shaven”). See Persian نزاکت for a similar formation.


حكاری

Turkish: Hakkâri

The toponym probably derives from the name of a tribe that settled in this place in the 13th century. The city was previously known as چولهمرك (çölemerik).

(obsolete)

Central East Anatolia
Central East Anatolia#English

Hakkâri (a city and province in Central East Anatolia, Turkey)


دكانجی

دكانجی • (dükkâncı)

Turkish: dükkâncı

→ Albanian: dyqanxhi

→ Romanian: dughengiu

From دكان (dükkân, “store, shop”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).


كوفلنمك

Turkish: küflenmek

From كوف (küf, “mold, mildew”) + ـلنمك (-lenmek, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels).

(intransitive) to grow moldy, to become covered with mold

(intransitive, figuratively) to suffer from long neglect or trouble


اویقوسز

Turkish: uykusuz

From اویقو (uyku, “sleep”) + ـسز (-siz, -suz, “-less”).

wakeful, sleepless, insomniac, characterized by an absence of sleep


صو سموری

Turkish: su samuru

From صو (su, “water”) + سمور (samur, “sable”).

otter, any aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae


آصی

Turkish: ası

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *asïg (“profit, gain”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰽𐰍 (asïɣ).

inh+

(economics) profit, gain, total income or cash flow minus expenditures


چوملمك

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چوملمك • (çömelmek)

ota-verb

چوملمك • (çömelmek)


لیوادیه

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لیوادیه • (livâdiye)

Turkish: Livadya

Borrowed from Greek Λιβαδειά (Livadeiá).


توری

Borrowed from Persian توری (“Turanian”).


قانونجی

Turkish: kanuncu

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

suffix

legislator, lawmaker, someone who creates or enacts laws

maker or player of qanun, an instrument related to the dulcimer


بوجكلنمك

Turkish: böceklenmek

desc

պէօճէքլէնմիշ

→ Armenian: պէօճէքլէնմիշ (pēōčēkʻlēnmiš) — Constantinople

From بوجك (böcek, “insect”) + ـلنمك (-lenmek, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels).

suffix

(intransitive) to become infested by insect or parasites


هایطه

Turkish: hayta

→ Armenian: հայթա (haytʻa)

brigand, bandit, one who robs others in a lawless area

armed and mounted guard who escorts a traveller or caravan


چیل قوشی

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چیل قوشی • (çil kuşu)

ota-noun

چیل قوشی • (çil kuşu)


چاقماق طاشی

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چاقماق طاشی • (çakmak taşı)

ota-noun

چاقماق طاشی • (çakmak taşı)

Turkish: çakmak taşı

From چاقماق (çakmak, “firestricker, firesteel”) + طاش (taş, “stone”).

flint, a hard, fine-grained quartz that generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel

gunflint, the piece of flint or other natural stone that is used in a flintlock weapon to generate a spark


كوتوك

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كوتوك • (kütük)

Turkish: kütük

desc

→ Armenian: քիւթիւկ (kʻiwtʻiwk) — Constantinople

→ Macedonian: ќутук (ḱutuk)

From Greek κώδικος (kódikos, “log, balk”), from Byzantine Greek κῶδιξ (kôdix), ultimately from Latin cōdex (“tree trunk”).

log, any bulky piece cut from a tree, used as timber, fuel, etc.

block, bulk, a substantial, approximately cuboid, piece of wood


چوملك

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چوملك • (çömlek) (definite accusative چوملكی (çömleği), plural چوملكلر (çömlekler))

çömlek (romanization)
چوملكی (accusative definite)
چوملكلر (plural)

Turkish: çömlek

desc

→ Armenian: չէօմլէկ (čʻēōmlēk) — Constantinople

→ Bulgarian: чомле́к (čomlék)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čöŋgek (“a kettle, pitcher”); further origin is unknown. Cognate with Azerbaijani çölmə, Chuvash чӳлмек (čülmek), Crimean Tatar çülmek, Kazakh шөлмэк (şölmék), Kyrgyz чөлмөк (cölmök), Nogai шоьлмек (şölmek), Tatar чүлмәк (çülmäk).

inh+

marmite, pipkin, an earthen pot of various designs, usually potbellied


درمانسز

Turkish: dermansız

→ Armenian: տէրմանսըզ (tērmansəz)

From درمان (derman, “remedy, solution, cure”) + ـسز (-sız, -suz, “-less”).

suffix

irremediable, irreparable, incurable, unable to be remedied or cured

debilitated, feeble, weakened, infirm, deficient in physical strength


تاصمه

Turkish: tasma

→ Albanian: tasma

→ Arabic: طَسْمَة (ṭasma)

→ Armenian: թասմա (tʻasma)

→ Bulgarian: тасма (tasma)

→ Georgian: თასმა (tasma)

→ Persian: تاسمه (tâsme)

→ Polish: taśma

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tasma (“leash, strap”); cognate with Azerbaijani tasma, Bashkir таҫма (taśma), Kazakh таспа (taspa), Kumyk тасма (tasma), Turkmen tasma and Uzbek tasma.

inh+

strap, thong, a long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, or the like

collar, a natural ring or strap round the neck of a bird or quadruped


بارسطاریون

Turkish: baristariyon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιστέριον (peristérion, “vervain”), probably via Arabic or Persian.

bor+

vervain, any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena


چولمك

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چولمك • (çölmek) (definite accusative چولمكی (çölmeği), plural چولمكلر (çölmekler))

çölmek (romanization)
چولمكی (accusative definite)
چولمكلر (plural)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nl

Alternative spelling of چوملك (çömlek, “marmite, pipkin, earthenware pot”)


كوفته

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كوفته • (köfte)

Turkish: köfte

→ German: Köfte

→ Japanese: キョフテ

→ Arabic: كُفْتَة (kufta)

desc

→ Armenian: քյուֆթա (kʻyuftʻa), քյուֆտա (kʻyufta), քուֆտա (kʻufta), քուֆթա (kʻuftʻa), քոֆթա (kʻoftʻa), քիւֆտայ (kʻiwftay), քուֆտայ (kʻuftay), քուֆթայ (kʻuftʻay), քոֆթայ (kʻoftʻay), քօֆթայ (kʻōftʻay) — traditional orthography

→ Bulgarian: кюфте́ (kjufté)

→ Crimean Tatar: küfte

→ Georgian: გუფთა (gupta)

→ Greek: κεφτές (keftés)

→ Ladino: kefte

→ Macedonian: ќофте (ḱofte)

→ Romanian: chifteá

⇒ Romanian: chiftelúță

→ Russian: тефте́ли (teftéli)

→ Mongolian: тефтель (teftelʹ)

→ Serbo-Croatian: ћу̀фта / ćùfta

Borrowed from Persian کوفته (kufte, “meatball”), from the verb کوفتن (kuftan, “to beat, grind, break”).

bor+

kofta, any of various meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East

any meatless dish prepared in the same fashion, usually using cornflour


منطر

Alternative spelling of مانطار (mantar, “mushroom, fungus”)


تاسمه

Alternative spelling of تاصمه (tasma, “strap, thong; collar”)


قلتق

Alternative spelling of قالتاق (kaltak, “saddle tree”)


قالتاق

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قالتاق • (kaltak) (definite accusative قالتاغی (kaltağı), plural قالتاقلر (kaltaklar))

kaltak (romanization)
قالتاغی (accusative definite)
قالتاقلر (plural)

> Turkish: kaltak (inherited)

→ Armenian: խալթախ (xaltʻax)

→ Persian: قلتاق

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kaltak (“saddle tree; cuckold”), perhaps deriving from *Kạl(ï)- (“to rise, jump up”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qaltaq.

inh+

saddle tree, saddle bow, the wooden base on which the rest of the saddle is built

(derogatory) hussy, strumpet, harlot, prostitute, a sexually promiscuous woman


بوزا

Turkish: boza

→ Albanian: bozë

desc

→ Arabic: بُوظَة (būẓa), بُوظَا (būẓā, bōẓā), بُوزَة (būza, bōza)

→ Armenian: պօզա (pōza)

→ Bulgarian: боза́ (bozá)

→ Greek: μποζάς (bozás)

→ Macedonian: боза (boza)

→ Romanian: boza

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: бо́за

Latin script: bóza

Borrowed from Classical Persian بوزه (bōza, “boza”), a word related to بوزک (bowzak, “yeast; mould”), perhaps through Old Turkic [script needed] (buχsı /busï/), even though Nişanyan argues that a relation between Persian and Turkic is not apparent.

der

boza, a fermented and sometimes alcoholic drink made from wheat or millet


كوتاه

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كوتاه • (kûtah)

Turkish: kûtah

Borrowed from Persian کوتاه (kutâh, “short”), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/kotāh/).

bor+

short, having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically


آندرین

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آندرین • (andırın)

ota-proper noun

آندرین • (andırın)

Turkish: Andırın

→ Armenian: Անտըրըն (Antərən)

It is recorded in Byzantine Greek as Ανδρείον (Andreíon), because this was the site of the tomb of Andrew Stratelates, who was martyred in this region.

Andırın (a town and district in Kahramanmaraş province, Turkey)


چوملكجی

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چوملكجی • (çömlekci)

Turkish: çömlekçi

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→⇒ Armenian: Չյոմլեքճյան (Čʻyomlekʻčyan)

From چوملك (çömlek, “marmite, pipkin, earthen pot”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

maker or seller of earthen pots, marmite, pipkins and the like


مانطارلامق

Turkish: mantarlamak

From مانطار (mantar, “mushroom; cork, plug”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

(transitive) to plug, cork, to stop a hole with a plug or cork


درمانسزلق

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درمانسزلق • (dermansızlık)

Turkish: dermansızlık

From درمانسز (dermansız, “irremediable; feeble, weakened”) + ـلق (-lık, “-ness”).

suf

irremediableness, the state or quality of being irremediable

feebleness, debility, infirmity, the quality or state of being feeble


ییلان قاوی

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ییلان قاوی • (yılan kavı)

ota-noun

ییلان قاوی • (yılan kavı)

Turkish: yılan kavı

→ Armenian: յըլանխավի (yəlanxavi)

From ییلان (yılan, “snake”) + قاو (kav, “tinder, touchwood; slough”).

slough, the skin shed by a snake or other reptile


قورنه

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قورنه • (kurna) (definite accusative قورنهیی (kurnayı), plural قورنهلر (kurnalar))

kurna (romanization)
قورنهیی (accusative definite)
قورنهلر (plural)

Turkish: kurna

→ Armenian: խուռնա (xuṙna)

→ Macedonian: курна (kurna)

From Middle Armenian գուռն (guṙn), from Classical Syriac ܓܘܪܢܐ (gūrnā).

kind of fixed basin inside a hammam, provided with a tap for hot water and another one for cold water


اوغور

اوغور • (uğur)

ota-noun

اوغور • (uğur)

Turkish: uğur

→ Armenian: ուղուր (uġur)

→ Romanian: ogur

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ugur (“occasion, reason, time”); cognate with Azerbaijani uğur.

inh+

luck, fortune, something favorable that happens to someone by chance

omen, presage, auspice, augury, portent, especially favorable ones


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

pomp, parade, any ostentatious display or show of magnificence


قورنازلق

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قورنازلق • (kurnazlık)

Turkish: kurnazlık

From قورناز (kurnaz, “sly, cunning, wily”) + ـلق (-lık, “-ness”).

suf

slyness, cunningness, craftiness, wiliness, the state or quality of being sly


چیویجی

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چیویجی • (çivici)

Turkish: çivici

→⇒ Armenian: Չիվիճյան (Čʻivičyan)

From چیوی (çivi, “peg, treenail, nail”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

nailer, one whose occupation is to make, sell, fasten, or drive nails


صاغرلانمق

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صاغرلانمق • (sağırlanmak)

From صاغر (sağır, “deaf”) + ـلانمق (-lanmak, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels).

affix

(intransitive) to grow deaf, to become unable or only partially able to hear

(intransitive, of sounds) to grow dull, indistinct, muffled, stifled, or nasal


اویقوسزلق

Turkish: uykusuzluk

From اویقوسز (uykusuz, “sleepless”) + ـلق (-lık, -luk, “-ness”).

suf

sleeplessness, insomnia, a sleeping disorder whose symptom is the inability to sleep


نوشهر

Turkish: Nevşehir

Compound of نو (nev, “new”) + شهر (şehir, “city”), a calque of Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), the ancient name of the city. After the conquest of the Ottomans, the place was renamed مشغره (muşgara), perhaps from Greek μοσχάρι (moschári, “calf”).

calque

(obsolete)

Central Anatolia
Central Anatolia#English

Nevşehir (a city and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)


پاراوان

Turkish: paravan

Borrowed from French paravent (“folding screen”), itself from Italian paravento, from parare (“to block”) + vento (“wind”).

bor+

folding screen, a piece of furniture consisting of two or more frames connected by hinges


بالق طوتقالی

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بالق طوتقالی

بالق طوتقالی • (balık tutkalı)

ota-noun

بالق طوتقالی

بالق طوتقالی • (balık tutkalı)

Turkish: balık tutkalı

From بالق (balık, “fish”) + طوتقال (tutkal, “glue”).

isinglass, a form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of certain types of fish


باصامق

Turkish: basamak

→ Albanian: basamak

desc

→ Armenian: պասամախ (pasamax), բասամաղ (basamaġ)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Latin script: bȁsamak

Cyrillic script: басамак

Ultimately from a development of Proto-Turkic *bas- (“to press”), the same root of باصمق (basmak). Compare Bashkir баҫҡыс (baśqıs), Kazakh басқыш (basqyş), Khakas пасхыс (pasxıs), Kyrgyz баскыч (baskıc), Tatar баскыч (baskıç) and Uzbek bosqich.

step, a rest for the foot in ascending or descending a stair or a ladder

tread, the walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed

rung, round, a single, wooden crosspiece forming a step of a ladder

(figuratively) step, stage, phase, a distinct part of a process


خیارشنبه

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خیارشنبه • (hıyarşembe)

ota-noun

خیارشنبه • (hıyarşembe)

Turkish: hıyarşembe

Borrowed from Persian خیار چنبر (xiyâr čanbar, “golden rain tree”), from خیار (xiyâr, “cucumber”) + چنبر (čanbar, “circle, hoop”).

bor+

Cassia fistula
Cassia fistula#Translingual

golden shower, golden rain tree, any flowering plant of the species Cassia fistula


كیسه

Turkish: kese, kise

→ Albanian: qese

desc

→ Armenian: քէսէ (kʻēsē), քէսա (kʻēsa), քիսա (kʻisa)

→ Aromanian: chiesã

→ Bulgarian: кеси́я (kesíja), киси́я (kisíja)

desctree

→ Georgian: ქისა (kisa), ქესა (kesa)
→ Bats: ქის (kis)
→ Mingrelian: ქესა (kesa), ქისა (kisa), ქჷსა (kəsa)
→ Svan: ქესაჲ (kesay)

→ Macedonian: кеса (kesa)

→ Romanian: chisea, chesea

→ Serbo-Croatian: kȅsa／ке̏са


ازوورنیك

Turkish: İzvornik

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Zvornik/Зворник.

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Zvornik (a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina).


كرپیچجی

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كرپیچجی • (kerpiçci)

Turkish: kerpiççi

→ Armenian: քէրփիճճի (kʻērpʻičči)

From كرپیچ (kerpiç, “mudbrick, adobe”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

maker or seller of mudbricks or adobe bricks


علاجسز

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علاجسز • (ʼilacsız)

Turkish: ilaçsız

From علاج (ʼilac, “remedy, solution, cure”) + ـسز (-sız, “-less”).

suffix

irremediable, irreparable, incurable, unable to be remedied or cured


فائده‌لنمك

فائدهلنمك (canonical)
faʼidelenmek (romanization)

Turkish: faydalanmak

From فائده (faʼide, “profit, gain”) + ـلنمك (-lenmek, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels).

(intransitive) to gain, profit, benefit, to derive a benefit or profit


طاوشانجیل اوتی

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طاوشانجیل اوتی

طاوشانجیل اوتی • (tavşancıl otu)

ota-noun

طاوشانجیل اوتی

طاوشانجیل اوتی • (tavşancıl otu)

Turkish: tavşancıl otu

From طاوشانجیل (tavşancıl, “bird of prey; Bonelli's eagle”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”).

hogweed, any weedy, umbelliferous plant of the genus Heracleum


پاردم

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پاردم • (pardüm)

ota-noun

پاردم • (pardüm)

Turkish: pardüm

→ Albanian: palldëm

Borrowed from Persian پاردم (pârdum, “crupper”). Doublet of پالدم (paldım, “rounded part of the crupper”).

doublet

crupper, a strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping


راستق

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راستق • (rastık)

ota-noun

راستق • (rastık)

Turkish: rastık

→ English: rastik

→ Armenian: ըռաստըխ (əṙastəx)

Vulgarized form of Persian راسخت (râsoxt, “antimony, stibium”).

der

rastik, a preparation of sulphuret of copper blended with other ingredients, used as a cosmetic


قوصمق

Turkish: kusmak

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kus- (“to vomit”); cognate with Azerbaijani qusmaq, Chuvash хӑсак (hăs̬ak), Kazakh құсу (qūsu), Kyrgyz кусуу (kusuu), Turkmen gusmak, Uyghur قۇسماق (qusmaq) and Uzbek qusmoq.

inh+

(transitive) to vomit, throw up, puke, to regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth


تعلیقه

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تعلیقه • (taʼlika)

ota-noun

تعلیقه • (taʼlika)

Borrowed from Arabic تَعْلِيقَة (taʕlīqa, “thing suspended; note, scholium”).

bor+

coin or pendent, suspended as an ornament

gloss, scholium, any marginal note to a writing

note or order appended by a minister to a petition or the like


اكرام

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اكرام • (ikrâm) (definite accusative اكرامی (ikrâmı), plural اكرامات (ikrâmat))

ikrâm (romanization)
اكرامی (accusative definite)
اكرامات (plural)

Turkish: ikram

→ Armenian: իքրամ (ikʻram)

→ Macedonian: икрам (ikram)

→ Romanian: icram

Borrowed from Arabic إِكْرَام (ʔikrām, “honoring”), verbal noun of أَكْرَمَ (ʔakrama, “to dignify, honor”).

bor+

honoring, the act of showing honor, respect, or veneration to someone

welcoming, the act of giving a kind welcome to a guest or newcomer

abatement, discount, rebate, a reduction in price given to a customer


قایماقجی

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قایماقجی • (kaymakcı)

Turkish: kaymakçı

desc

→ Armenian: խայմախճի (xaymaxči), ⇒ Քայմաքճյան (Kʻaymakʻčyan)

From قایماق (kaymak, “kaymak, clotted cream”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

maker or seller of kaymak, a dairy product similar to clotted cream


دینسزلك

Turkish: dinsizlik

From دینسز (dinsiz, “atheistic; cruel, merciless”) + ـلك (-lik, lük, “-ness, -ship, -hood”).

suf

(religion) atheism, irreligion, a lack of belief in deities

cruelty, mercilessness, the property of being merciless


خیره‌بولی

خیرهبولی (canonical)
hayrabolu (romanization)

Turkish: Hayrabolu

→ Armenian: Հայրապօլու (Hayrapōlu)

Hayrabolu (a town and district in Tekirdağ province, Turkey)


طوتقاللامق

Turkish: tutkallamak

desc

թութխալլամիշ

→ Armenian: թութխալլամիշ (tʻutʻxallamiš)

From طوتقال (tutkal, “glue”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to stick, glue, to join or attach something using glue


چرچوه

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چرچوه • (çerçeve) (definite accusative چرچوهیی (çerçeveyi), plural چرچوهلر (çerçeveler))

çerçeve (romanization)
چرچوهیی (accusative definite)
چرچوهلر (plural)

Turkish: çerçeve

desc

→ Armenian: չէրչիվէ (čʻērčʻivē), չարչվա (čʻarčʻva)

→ Romanian: cercevea

Vulgarized form of Persian چار چوبه (čâr čube, “four sticks; quadrilateral”), from چار (čâr, “four”) + چوبه (čube, “stick, staff, shaft”).

der

frame, any rigid, rectangular mounting for paper, paintings, slate, etc.

sash, casement, the opening part of a window containing the windowpanes

doorframe, doorcase, the architectural frame into which a door is fitted


قطیفه چیچكی

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قطیفه چیچكی • (kadife çiçeği)

ota-noun

قطیفه چیچكی • (kadife çiçeği)

Turkish: kadife çiçeği

desc

խատիֆէ չիչէյի

→ Armenian: խատիֆէ չիչէյի (xatifē čʻičʻēyi)

From قطیفه (kadife, “velvet”) + چیچك (çiçek, “flower, blossom”).

marigold, any of the New World flowering plants of the genus Tagetes


پیغامبرلك

Turkish: peygamberlik

From پیغامبر (peygamber, “prophet, apostle”) + ـلك (-lik, lük, “-ness, -ship, -hood”).

suf

prophecy, a prediction, especially one made by a prophet

prophethood, the state or condition of being a prophet


پنیرجی

Turkish: peynirci

→⇒ Armenian: Փենիրճյան (Pʻenirčyan)

From پنیر (penir, “cheese”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

cheesemaker, cheesemonger, a maker or seller of cheese


قوجه ایلی

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قوجه ایلی • (koca eli)

ota-proper noun

قوجه ایلی • (koca eli)

Turkish: Kocaeli

Morphologically from قوجه (koca, “big, large; elder, chief, husband”) + ایل (el, “nation, territory”), but the first part takes its name from Akça Koca, the Ottoman leader who conquered this territory from the Byzantine empire in the 14th century.

Kocaeli (a province in East Marmara region, Turkey)


یاغلامق

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یاغلامق • (yağlamak)

Turkish: yağlamak

From یاغ (yağ, “oil, butter, grease”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to oil, to grease or lubricate with oil


چرك

head

چرك • (çirk)

ota-noun

چرك • (çirk)

Turkish: çirk

Borrowed from Persian چرک (čerk, “dirt; pus”).

bor+

dirt, filth, squalor, any foul matter which soils or defiles

pus, a liquid substance found in regions of bacterial infection

rust, tarnish, the deteriorated state of iron or steel due to oxidation


بالقلو

head

بالقلو • (balıklı)

ota-adj

بالقلو • (balıklı)

Turkish: balıklı

From بالق (balık, “fish”) + ـلو (lu, -lı).


آجی الما

head

آجی الما • (acı elma)

ota-noun

آجی الما • (acı elma)

Turkish: acı elma

From آجی (acı, “bitter”) + الما (elma, “apple”).

Citrullus colocynthis
Citrullus colocynthis#Translingual

colocynth, bitter apple, vine of Sodom, any viny plant of the species Citrullus colocynthis


دشمنـلق

head

دشمنـلق • (enmity)

→ Serbo-Croatian: dušmanluk

From دشمن (düşman, “enemy”) + ـلق (-lık, “-ness”).

suf

enmity, the quality of having a bitter relation with someone


عصام

Turkish: ısam

strap, thong, a long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, or the like

kohl, stibnite, collyrium, a dark powder used as an eye makeup


سمادیرك

Turkish: Semadirek

From Byzantine Greek Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrā́ikē), from Ancient Greek Σᾰ́μος (Sámos, “Samos”) + Θρᾴκη (Thrā́ikē, “Thrace”), from the island's early Greek colonizers and the general ancient territory in which it lay.

der

East Macedonia and Thrace
East Macedonia and Thrace#English

Samothrace (an island in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece).


دیكیشجی

head

دیكیشجی • (dikişci)

Turkish: dikişçi

From دیكیش (dikiş, “stitch”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

tailor, seamster, a person who sews clothes professionally


قوجه‌لامق

قوجهلامق (canonical)
kocalamak (romanization)

Turkish: kocalmak

From قوجه (koca, “old, aged”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

(intransitive) to grow old, to become old, to age


لوجه

Turkish: loca

→ Armenian: լօճա (lōča)

Borrowed from either French loge (“theater box; lodge”) or Italian loggia (“loge; lodge”). Doublet of لونجه (lonca, “guild, corporation”).

doublet

loge, box, a compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other similar building

lodge, the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry and the building in which such a unit meets


شرابخانه

head

شرابخانه • (şarabhane)

ota-noun

شرابخانه • (şarabhane)

Turkish: şaraphane

desc

→ Middle Armenian: շարաբխանէ (šarabxanē)

Borrowed from Persian شرابخانه (šarābxāne). By surface analysis, شراب (şarab, “drink, beverage; wine”) + خانه (hâne, “place”).

surf

large barrel, cask, or vat used to store wine


بوغدای بتی

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بوغدای بتی • (buğday biti)

ota-noun

بوغدای بتی • (buğday biti)

Turkish: buğday biti

From بوغدای (buğday, “wheat”) + بت (bit, “louse”).

Sitophilus granarius
Sitophilus granarius#Translingual

wheat weevil, a common weevil, of species Sitophilus granarius, that causes damage to harvested grain


چاتی

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چاتی • (çatı)

Turkish: çatı

→ Albanian: çati

→ Armenian: չաթը (čʻatʻə)

→ Macedonian: чатија (čatija)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čatïġ (“framework”), a development of Proto-Turkic *čat- (“to bring together”), the same root of چاتمق (çatmak, “to bring together”).

inh

framework, the arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size

roof, the external covering at the top of a building used to protect the inside of a house

truss, a structure made up of wooden beams, which is used to support a roof or bridge


لورطه

Turkish: lorta

Unknown. In several dictionaries it is stated that this word is of Italian origin, even though the precise derivation is still unclear.

last, a tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes


اشكینجی

head

اشكینجی • (eşkinci)

Turkish: eşkinci

From اشكین (eşkin, “amble, canter”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

sort of mounted, feudal yeoman who participated in expeditions with his horse

irregular cavalryman who participated in campaigns during the imperial period


كشان

head

كشان • (keşan)

ota-proper noun

كشان • (keşan)

Turkish: Keşan

Unclear. The town's name is probably related to Ancient Greek κισσός (kissós, “ivy”), a placename found also in Macedonia, perhaps through Greek Κεσσάνη (Kessáni).

unk

Unclear

Keşan (a town and district in Edirne province, Turkey)


توتونلمك

head

توتونلمك • (tütünlemek)

From توتون (tütün, “smoke”) + ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to smoke, to preserve or prepare food by treating with smoke


دكرسزلك

Turkish: değersizlik

From دكرسز (değersiz, “worthless, valueless”) + ـلك (-lik, lük, “-ness, -ship, -hood”).

suf

worthlessness, valuelessness, the quality of being valueless, or lacking worth


جلبور

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جلبور • (cılbur)

Turkish: çılbır

Likely from Mongolian чылбур (čylbur) ~ чулбуур (čulbuur); compare Tatar чылбыр (çılbır).

halter, a bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of horses to lead or tie them


اوموز قایشی

اوموز قایشی • (omuz kayışı)

ota-noun

اوموز قایشی • (omuz kayışı)

Turkish: omuz kayışı

From اوموز (omuz, “shoulder”) + قایش (kayış, “strap, thong”).

shoulder belt, crossbelt, any belt, band, or sash worn over one's shoulder


خنزیر

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خنزیر • (hınzır) (plural خنازیر (hanazir))

Turkish: hınzır

Borrowed from Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, “pig, swine”), an old borrowing from Aramaic חֲזִירָא (ḥăzīrā, “pig, swine”).

bor+

pig, swine, any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus

(figuratively) pig, swine, a brutal, despicable, or disgusting fellow


قلمبك

Turkish: kalembek

→ Romanian: calembec

Ultimately reportedly from the name of an island in the Indian Ocean. Compare French calambac, calambouc, Spanish calambac, Portuguese calambá, calambaque, Italian calambà, calambucco, Venetan canabuco, all ultimately from Malay kalambaq. For sense 2 compare Albanian kallamboq, Greek καλαμπόκι (kalampóki), Romanian călămbuc, Aromanian cãlãmbuchi.

Santalum album
Santalum album#Translingual

Aquilaria malaccensis
Aquilaria malaccensis#Translingual

Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) or agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis)


یارمق

Turkish: yarmak

desc

→ Armenian: եառմիշ (eaṙmiš), եարմիշ (earmiš)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yār- (“to cleave, split”); cognate with Azerbaijani yarmaq, Bashkir ярыу (yarıw), Chuvash ҫур (śur), Kazakh жару (jaru), Kyrgyz жаруу (jaruu), Turkmen ýarmak, Uyghur يارماق (yarmaq) and Uzbek yormoq.

inh+

(transitive) to cleave, split, rend, sever, to cut asunder with a sharp instrument


عقارات

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عقارات • (akârât))

bor

Arabic عَقَارَات (ʕaqārāt)


عقارت

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عقارت • (ʼakaret) (plural عقارات (ʼakarat))

Turkish: akaret

→ Albanian: akarad

→ Armenian: ախարէթ (axarētʻ)

→ Romanian: acaret

Borrowed from Arabic عَقَارَات (ʕaqārāt), plural form of عَقَار (ʕaqār, “real estate”).

bor+

single piece of landed estate that yields a revenue or income


هلاكت

Borrowed from Arabic هَلَاك (halāk, “ruin, death”). Compare Azerbaijani həlakət, Uzbek halokat, Persian هلاکت.


جلبند

Turkish: cilbent

Borrowed from Persian جلدبند (cildband), a compound of جلد (jeld, “binding; volume”) + بند (band, “tie, fastening”).

portfolio, a case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents


كموشخانه

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كموشخانه • (gümüşhane)

Turkish: Gümüşhane

→ Armenian: Կիւմիւշխանէ (Kiwmiwšxanē)

desc

Κιουμουσχανά

→ Greek: Κιουμουσχανά (Kioumouschaná)

A compound of كموش (gümüş, “silver”) + خانه (hâne, “place; house”).

com

Gümüşhane (a city and province in East Black Sea region, Turkey)


صوغانلق

head

صوغانلق • (soğanlık)

→ Bulgarian: сованлъ́к (sovanlǎ́k)

From صوغان (soğan, “onion”) + ـلق (-lık, -luk).

suf

onion-field, a bed or field cultivated with onions


دیوارجی

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دیوارجی • (duvarcı)

Turkish: duvarcı

→ Armenian: տուվարճի (tuvarči)

From دیوار (duvar, “wall”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

mason, bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick


یاورولامق

Turkish: yavrulamak

→ Armenian: յավրուլամիշ (yavrulamiš)

From یاورو (yavru, “baby, young of an animal”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming verbs from nouns or adjectives).

(transitive, for a beast) to litter, to breed, to give birth, to bring forth


تالیقه

Turkish: talika

Borrowed from the same root of Russian теле́га (teléga), Serbo-Croatian tàljige, Czech taliha and Hungarian taliga.

kind of light-covered, four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage, open at the sides


مركب بالغی

head

مركب بالغی • (mürekkeb balığı)

ota-noun

مركب بالغی • (mürekkeb balığı)

Turkish: mürekkep balığı

From مركب (mürekkeb, “ink”) + بالق (balık, “fish”).

cuttlefish, any of various squid-like cephalopods of the order Sepiida


مالاق

Turkish: malak

desc

→ Armenian: մալախ (malax), մալագ (malag)

→ Bulgarian: мала́к (malák)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bālak (“baby animal”), a development of *bāla (“young animal; child”). For the change of initial consonant /b/ > /m/, compare مقره (makara, “pulley”), منتشه (menteşe, “hinge”), منكشه (menekşe, “violet”) and میان (mıyan, “licorice”).


جلذی

Cülzi (romanization)
Julzi (romanization)


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).

suffix

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


قوجه‌سز

head

قوجهسز • (kocasız)

قوجهسز (canonical)
kocasız (romanization)

Turkish: kocasız

From قوجه (koca, “elder; chief; husband”) + ـسز (-sız, “-less”).


چایر اوتی

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چایر اوتی • (çayır otu)

ota-noun

چایر اوتی • (çayır otu)

Turkish: çayır otu

From چایر (çayır, “meadow”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”).

meadow grass, any grass that thrives in the moist conditions of meadows


مركبجی

Turkish: mürekkepçi

From مركب (mürekkeb, “ink”) + ـجی (-ci, -cü, occupational suffix).

suffix

person who manufactures or sells ink professionally


مركبجی

Turkish: merkepçi

From مركب (merkeb, “ass, donkey”) + ـجی (-ci, -cü, occupational suffix).


زمهریر

desctree

Turkish: zemheri, zemperi (Trabzon)
→ Laz: ზემფერი (zemperi)

desc

→ Georgian: ზემჰერი (zemheri) — Chveneburi

zemhèrije//земхѐрије

zemèrija//земѐрија

zemeríje//земери́је

→ Serbo-Croatian: zemhèrije／земхѐрије, zemèrija／земѐрија, zemeríje／земери́је

Borrowed from Arabic زَمْهَرِير (zamharīr).


ایرك

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ایرك • (iriñ)

ota-noun

ایرك • (iriñ)

Turkish: irin

→ Armenian: իրին (irin)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iriŋ (“pus”); cognate with Azerbaijani irin, Bashkir эрен (eren), Kazakh ірің (ırıñ), Khakas ірінъ (ìrìnʺ), Kyrgyz ириң (iriŋ), Turkmen iriň, Tuvan ириң (iriñ), Uyghur يىرىڭ (yiring) and Uzbek yiring.

inh+

pus, a whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria


لاپسكی

Turkish: Lapseki

→ Armenian: Լափսէքի (Lapʻsēkʻi)

From Ancient Greek Λάμψακος (Lámpsakos).

Lapseki (a town and district in Çanakkale province, Turkey)


پوسته‌جی

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پوستهجی • (postacı)

پوستهجی (canonical)
postacı (romanization)

Turkish: postacı

→⇒ Armenian: Փոստաճյան (Pʻostačyan)

From پوسته (posta, “mail, post”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

mailman, postman, someone who delivers or collects mail or post


حصانت

Turkish: hasanet

Borrowed from Arabic حَصَانَة (ḥaṣāna), verbal noun of حَصُنَ (ḥaṣuna, “to be inaccesible; to be chaste”).

(of a fortress) impenetrability, impregnability, inexpugnability, the quality of withstanding all the attacks

(of a woman) chastity, married respectability, the state of abstaining from any immoral sexual activity


آیدینلنمق

Turkish: aydınlanmak

From آیدین (aydın, “light; luminous, shining”) + ـلنمق (-lanmak, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels).

(intransitive) to brighten, to become luminous, illuminated, to grow bright


چناقلق

head

چناقلق • (çanaklık)

Turkish: çanaklık

→ Armenian: չանախլըխ (čʻanaxləx)

(in general) any place where pottery is made or kept

(nautical) top, the framework at the top of a mast


یابان یولافی

یابان یولافی

یابان یولافی • (yaban yulafı)

ota-noun

یابان یولافی

یابان یولافی • (yaban yulafı)

Turkish: yaban yulafı

From یابان (yaban, “wilderness”) + یولاف (yulaf, “oats”).

wild oats, oats of non-cultivated species of Avena, especially Avena fatua


طابیه

Turkish: tabya

→ Albanian: tabje

→ Armenian: թապյա (tʻapya)

→ Romanian: tabie

From Arabic تَعْبِئَة (taʕbiʔa), vulgarly تَعْبِيَة (taʕbiya, “mobilization, arrangement”), verbal noun of عَبَّأَ (ʕabbaʔa) respectively عَبَّى (ʕabbā).

redoubt, an enclosed, defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, usually relying on earthworks

bastion, bulwark, any defensive structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification


بورمق

Turkish: burmak

desc

→ Armenian: պուռմիշ (puṙmiš), պուրմիշ (purmiš)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bur- (“to twist, to wring”); cognate with Azerbaijani burmaq.

inh+

(transitive) to twist, wring, screw, to turn the ends of something in opposite directions

(transitive) to castrate, to strangulate the neck of the scrotum in order to sterilize

(intransitive) to gripe, twinge, to cause a pinching and spasmodic pain in the bowels


قره صو

a small river in northwest Anatolia, a tributary of the Sakarya River

an alternatative name of the Berdan River


قومجی

Turkish: kumcu

→⇒ Armenian: Գումճյան (Gumčyan)

From قوم (kum, “sand”) + ـجی (-cı, -cu, occupational suffix).

suffix

sand-merchant, a person that trades and sells sand


اسكی شهر

Turkish: Eskişehir

desc

English: Eskisehir, Eskişehir, Eskishehir

From اسكی (eski, “old”) + شهر (şehir, “city”), a name which is documented since the late 15th century. During the Seljuk period, the city was known as سلطان اوڭی (sultan öñü), while during the Greek period this place was known as Δορῠ́λαιον (Dorúlaion), whose ruins can be found near the city.

(obsolete)

Eskişehir (a city and province in East Marmara region, Turkey)


پیسلمك

Turkish: pislemek

→ Armenian: փիսլէմիշ (pʻislēmiš)

From پیس (pis, “dirty, filthy, foul”) + ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to befoul, soil, to make dirty or filthy


جنت قوشی

جنت قوشى (canonical)
cennet kuşu (romanization)

Turkish: cennet kuşu

From جنت (cennet, “paradise”) + قوش (kuş, “bird”).

bird of paradise, any of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae


آغر

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آغر • (ağır)

Turkish: ağır

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iagïr (“heavy”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰍𐰃𐰺 (ǧir¹ /agïr/), Azerbaijani ağır, Bashkir ауыр (awır), Chuvash йывӑр (jyvăr), Kazakh ауыр (auyr), Kyrgyz оор (oor), Southern Altai уур (uur), Turkmen agyr, Uyghur ئېغىر ('ëghir), Uzbek ogʻir and Yakut ыар (ıar).

inh+

heavy, weighty, ponderous, having great weight

slow, not quick in motion, taking a long time

(of food) heavy, indigestible, difficult to digest

(of smell) foul-smelling, fetid, having an unpleasant odor

(of a person) grave, serious, sedate, not cheerful


كیف

Turkish: keyif

→ Albanian: qejf

desc

→ Armenian: քեֆ (kʻef), քեփ (kʻepʻ) — Karabakh, քեյֆ (kʻeyf)

→ Georgian: ქეიფი (keipi) (or from Persian)

→ Greek: κέφι (kéfi)

→ Macedonian: ќеф (ḱef)

→ Romanian: chef

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ћѐиф

Latin script: ćèif

Borrowed from Arabic كَيْف (kayf, “condition, state, mood”).

bor+

merriment, good spirits, a state of enjoyable exuberance, a cheerful mood

fun, enjoyment, amusement, entertainment, anything designed to give pleasure


كیف

Turkish: Kiyiv


یاتاغان

head

یاتاغان • (yatağan)

ota-noun

یاتاغان • (yatağan)

Alternative spelling of یتاغان (yatağan, “yataghan, a kind of short sabre”)


لیموناطه

Turkish: limonata

desc

→ Armenian: լիմոնաթա (limonatʻa), իլիմոնաթա (ilimonatʻa)

→ Bulgarian: илимона́та (ilimonáta)

Borrowed from Italian limonata. Doublet of լիմօնատա (limonada), from Venetan.


مسیستره

Turkish: Mezistre

From Greek Μυζηθρᾶς (Muzēthrâs), variant of Μυστράς (Mystrás).


سیده

Turkish: seyyide

Borrowed from Arabic سَيِّدَة (sayyida, “lady, mistress”), feminine of سَيِّد (sayyid, “master, sir”).

bor+

lady, madam, mistress, a woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority

(Islam) Syeda, an honorific title borne by female descendants of the prophet Muhammad


حلواجی

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حلواجی • (helvacı)

Turkish: helvacı

→ Albanian: hallvaxhi

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→ Armenian: հէլվաճի (hēlvači), հալվաջի (halvaǰi), հալվաճի (halvači), ⇒ Հելվաճյան (Helvačyan)

→ Romanian: halvagiu

From حلوا (helva, “halva, confection”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

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confectioner, a maker or seller of confections and other sweet food items


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


ایركلنمك

Turkish: irinlenmek

From ایرك (iriñ, “pus”) + ـلنمك (-lenmek, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels).

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(intransitive) to suppurate, fester, to form or discharge pus from a wound


قورت آغزی

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قورت آغزی • (kurt ağızı)

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قورت آغزی • (kurt ağızı)

Turkish: kurtağzı

From قورت (kurt, “wolf”) + آغز (ağız, “mouth”).

dovetail, culvertail, a common type of joint used in woodworking joinery


باروتجی

Turkish: barutçu

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→ Armenian: պարութճի (parutʻči), բա̈րո̈ւթջի (bärütʻǰi), ⇒ Պարութճյան (Parutʻčyan)

From باروت (barut, “gunpowder”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

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powdermaker, a person that makes gunpowder


كومشلمك

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كومشلمك • (gümüşlemek)

Turkish: gümüşlemek

From كومش (gümüş, “silver”) + ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to silver, to cover with silver, or with a silvery metal


آفشین

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آفشین • (afşin)

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آفشین • (afşin)

Turkish: Afşin

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀραβισσός (Arabissós), through some intermediate forms like یارپوز (yarpuz) and افسوس (efsus).

Afşin (a town and district in Kahramanmaraş province, Turkey)


قان صوجوغی

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قان صوجوغی • (kan sucuğu)

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قان صوجوغی • (kan sucuğu)

From قان (kan, “blood”) + صوجوق (sucuk, “sausage”).

blood sausage, black pudding, any cooked sausage made out of meat and blood


صیریق

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صیریق • (sırık)

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صیریق • (sırık)

Turkish: sırık

→ Albanian: sërëk

→ Armenian: սըռըխ (səṙəx)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïruk (“pole, rod”); cognate with Azerbaijani sırıq and Turkmen syryk (“pole”).

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pole, a long and slender piece of wood, used for various construction or support purposes


مانغال

Turkish: mangal

→ Albanian: mangall

→ Romanian: mangal

From Arabic مِنْقَل (minqal, “brazier”); compare Armenian մանղալ (manġal), Azerbaijani manqal, Bulgarian мангал (mangal), Greek μανγκάλ (mangkál) Macedonian мангал (mangal), Russian мангал (mangal), Tajik мангал (mangal), Turkmen maňňal, Ukrainian мангал (manhal), all deriving from the same root.

brazier, a metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat


حلواخانه

Turkish: helvahane

A compound of حلوا (helva, “halva, a traditional Middle Eastern confection”) + خانه (hâne, “place”).

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sort of large cauldron made of copper in which halva is made


حلواخانه

Ottoman royal confectionery, a section of the Ottoman royal kitchen where halva and various confectionery were made


شاقلابان

Turkish: şaklaban

→ Albanian: shakllaban

→ Greek: σαχλαμπάνης (sachlampánis)

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šaklàban//шакла̀бан

→ Serbo-Croatian: šaklàban／шакла̀бан

Ultimately either derived or conflated with شاقلامق (şaklamak, “to make a cracking sound”). Possibly from Greek σαχλαμάρας (sachlamáras) or a corruption of شهلوند (şehlevend) (see لوند (lavand)).


پكمن

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پكمن • (pækmæn)

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پكمن • (pækmæn)

Turkish: pekmen

From Chinese 百萬／百万 (baak3 maan6).
Or By surface analysis, پك + من. Compare with پک رنگین ادم [pek-zengin-adam] (millionaire)


میلان شهری

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میلان شهری • (Milan Şehri)

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میلان شهری • (Milan Şehri)

Distinguishing the intended sense of میلان.

Synonym of میلان, Milan (a city in Italy)


میلان

From Persian میلان (Milân), ultimately from Italian Milano, from Latin Mediolanum, q.v.

Milan (a city in northern Italy; capital of Lombardy)


جنویز

Synonym of جنوه, Genoa (a port city in northwestern Italy)


لیون شهری

Distinguishing the intended sense of لیون.

Synonym of لیون, Lyon (a city in France)


عنه

Turkish: Ane


آتینا

Turkish: Atina

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι (Athênai), the plural form of Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”), the goddess.


آزاق

Turkish: Azak


بصره

Turkish: Basra

Basra (a port city in Iraq; former capital of Basra)

(historical) Basra (an eyalet in the Ottoman Empire)


بنغازی

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بنغازی • (Bingâzi)

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بنغازی • (Bingâzi)

Turkish: Bingazi

Apparently from earlier Arabic مرسى بني غازي (“port of ibn Ghazi”) first attested on a 1579 map by Ali al-Sharfi. Possibly a reference to a Muslim holy man Sidi ibn Ghazi. "Ibn Ghazi" itself can literally be translated as "son of the ghazi (warrior)".

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مرسى بني غازي


بوده پشته

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بوده پشته • (Buda Peşte)

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بوده پشته • (Buda Peşte)

Turkish: Budapeşte

Ultimately from Hungarian Buda and Pest.


جزائر غرب

Distinguishing this place from the al-Jazira region of Ottoman Iraq.

Synonym of جزائر, Algiers (the capital of Algeria)


بلغراد

Turkish: Belgrad, Belgrat

From Old Church Slavonic Бѣлградъ (Bělgradŭ), from бѣлъ (bělŭ, “white”) + градъ (gradŭ, “fortress, city”), from Proto-Slavic *bělъ and *gordъ. Doublet of برات.


شام شریف

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شام شریف • (Şam-i Şerif)

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شام شریف • (Şam-i Şerif)

Distinguishing the intended sense of شام (Şam)

Synonym of شام, Damascus (the capital of Syria)


دراویش

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دَراویش • (derâvîş)

دَراویش (canonical)
derâvîş (romanization)

Borrowed from Arabic دَرَاوِيش (darāwīš).


ادسه

(historical) Edessa (a city in southeastern Turkey), the modern Urfa


دوبره‌وندیك

دوبرهوندیك (canonical)
Dobravenedik (romanization)

From Serbo-Croatian Ду̀бро̄внӣк (Dùbrōvnīk) under influence from Ottoman Turkish وندیك (Venedik, “Venice”).


فاماغوسته

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀμμόχωστος (Ammókhōstos).

Synonym of ماغوسه, Famagusta (a city in Cyprus)


افس

Turkish: Efes

From Byzantine Greek Ἔφεσος (Éphesos), possibly a pre-Greek word with Hittite connections.

(historical) Ephesus (a former city in western Anatolia, Turkey)

(inexact) Synonym of سلچوق (Selçuk), nearby city in Turkey


فئودوسیه

Turkish: Feodosiya, Feodosya

From Byzantine Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía, “Place Given by God/the Gods”).

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Synonym of كفه, Feodosia (a city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but de facto part of Russia)


كوردوس

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كوردوس • (Gördüs)

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كوردوس • (Gördüs)

Turkish: Gördüs

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Κόρινθος (Kórinthos). Doublet of قوریتوس.

(historical) Corinth (an ancient city in Greece)


فیلادلفیا

Turkish: Filedelfiya

From English Philadelphia and Byzantine Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from Ancient Greek φιλάδελφος (philádelphos, “brother/sibling-loving”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming placenames”), from the combining form of φῐλέειν (philéein, “to love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother, sibling”).

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(historical) Former name of عمان (Amman), Amman (the capital of Jordan)

(historical) Former name of آلاشهر (Alaşehir), Alasehir (a city in Turkey)

Philadelphia (a city in Pennsylvania, United States)


فیومه

From Italian Fiume, from Latin Flumen, from flumen (“river”).

(historical) Fiume (a former city in Italy), now Rijeka (a city in Croatia)


حبرون

Hebron (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


اسپالتو

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اسپالتو • (İspalato)

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اسپالتو • (İspalato)


اسكندریه

Turkish: İskenderiye

Borrowed from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʔiskandariyya). Doublet of اسكندرون (iskenderun).

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الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة


اسكندرون

Turkish: İskenderun

English: Iskenderun

Borrowed from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون (al-ʔiskandarūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) in reference to Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Doublet of اسكندریه.

الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون


كفه

Turkish: Kefe


قارتاجه

Turkish: Kartaca

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt, literally “New City”).

(historical) Carthage (a former city in Tunisia)

(historical) Carthage (a historical polity in North Africa)


ازنیق

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ازنیق • (İznik)

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ازنیق • (İznik)

Turkish: İznik

English: Iznik

From Byzantine Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), named after Nicaea, wife of Lysimachus, from Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia, “-ia: forming feminine names”).

Iznik (a town and district in Bursa province, Turkey)


قیساریه

Turkish: Kayserya

From Arabic قَيْسارِيّة (qaysāriyya) and Byzantine Greek Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia), from Latin Caesarea, from Caesar + -ēa (“-ia: forming place names”) on the pattern of Alexandrea etc. and in honor of the Roman emperor Augustus. Doublet of قیصری.


قوریتوس

From Greek Κόρινθος (Kórinthos, “Corinth”). Doublet of كوردوس.


مكه

Turkish: Mekke


چكچ

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چكچ • (çekiç)

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چكچ • (çekiç)

Alternative spelling of چكیچ (çekiç, “hammer”)


چكوچ

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چكوچ • (çeküç)

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چكوچ • (çeküç)


چاكوج

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چاكوج • (çakuc)

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چاكوج • (çakuc)


مكه مكرمه

مكۀ مكرمه (canonical)
Mekke-i Mükerreme (romanization)

Borrowed from Arabic مَكَّة الْمُكَرَّمَة (makka l-mukarrama).

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مَكَّة الْمُكَرَّمَة

Synonym of مكه: Mecca (a city in Saudi Arabia)


موره

Turkish: Mora

From Byzantine Greek Μορέας (Moréas) and Μωριάς (Mōriás), from μορέα (moréa, “mulberry”) either from its presence in the area or from a supposed resemblance of the shape of the Peloponnese to its leaves, used in sericulture.

(historical) Morea (an eyalet in the Ottoman Empire)


پره‌وزه

پرهوزه (canonical)
Preveze (romanization)

Turkish: Preveze

From Byzantine Greek Πρέβεζα (Prébeza), from Albanian prevëzë (“crossing”) or Italian prevesione (“provision, supply”).


نیقوپولس

(historical) Synonym of عمواس, Emmaus (a former city in the West Bank, Palestine)


عمواس

From Hebrew חמת (ḥammat, “hot spring”) directly or via Byzantine Greek and/or Arabic.

(historical) Emmaus (a former city in the West Bank, Palestine)


صیدا

Turkish: Sayda

Borrowed from Arabic صَيْدَا (ṣaydā), from Classical Syriac ܨܰܝܕ݁ܳܢ (ṣaydon), itself from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn /ṣīdūn/).


لازقیه

Turkish: Lazkiye

Borrowed from Arabic اللَّاذِقِيَّة (al-lāḏiqiyya), from Ancient Greek Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia), from Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē) + -εια (-eia), the name of numerous Hellenistic cities, generally named after one of many women by the name of Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē).

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اللَّاذِقِيَّة


طبریه

Turkish: Taberiye, Tiberya

Borrowed from Arabic طَبَرِيَّة (ṭabariyya), from Ancient Greek Τῐβερῐᾰ́ς (Tiberiás), from Τῐβέρῐος (Tibérios) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás), from the name of the Roman emperor Tiberius.

Tiberias (a town on the Sea of Galilee Israel)


مانطه

white violet, any of various species of violets characterized by their white petals, such as Viola alba


نینوه

Turkish: Ninova

Ultimately from Akkadian 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 𒀏 (Ninua) and Old Babylonian 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 (Ninuwā, “House of Fish”), although the intended sense or religious application of "fish" is unclear.

(historical) Nineveh (an ancient city in Iraq)


چكیچلمك

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چكیچلمك • (çekiçlemek)

Turkish: çekiçlemek

From چكیچ (çekiç, “hammer”) + ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to hammer, to strike repeatedly with a hammer


طورنه‌جی

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طورنهجی • (turnacı)

طورنهجی (canonical)
turnacı (romanization)

Turkish: turnacı

→ Greek: τουρνατζής (tournatzís)

→ Polish: turnadzy

→ Romanian: turnagiu

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turnàdžija//турна̀џија

→ Serbo-Croatian: turnàdžija／турна̀џија

From طورنه (turna, “crane”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

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(historical) keeper of the cranes at the Imperial palace in olden times


اودسه

Ultimately from Russian Одесса (Odessa), from Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós) from a Greek city-state probably located closer to Koshary on the Tylihul.


بالق نفسی

Turkish: balık nefesi

From بالق (balık, “fish”) + نفس (nefes, “breath”).

spermaceti, a wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, candles, etc.


سجیم

Turkish: sicim

→ Albanian: sixhim

→ Armenian: սիճիմ (sičim)

Uncertain, but possibly from Classical Mongolian ᠰᠢᠴᠢᠮ (sičim, “rope”). Cognate with Azerbaijani sicim, Karachay-Balkar джиджим (cicim), Karakalpak şıjım, Nogai şıjım.

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Uncertain

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string, twine, any strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together


بانیو

Turkish: banyo

→ Armenian: պանեօ (paneō)

→ Laz: ბანჲო (banyo)

Borrowed from Italian bagno (“bathroom”), itself from Latin balneum (“bath”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon, “bath, bathroom”).

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bathroom, a room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and usually a toilet


پالرمو

Turkish: Palermo

From Italian Palermo, from Sicilian Palermu, from Arabic بَلَرْم (Balarm), ultimately from Latin Panormus, from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), from πᾰν- (pan-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”), apparently because of the good natural harbor.


اولیمپوس

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اولیمپوس • (Olimpos)

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اولیمپوس • (Olimpos)

Turkish: Olimpos

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos) of uncertain origin.


سانتورین

From Greek Σαντορίνη (Santoríni), from Medieval Latin Santa Irini (“Saint Irene”), from St Irene as the patron of the parish church at Perissa under the Latin Empire.

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Santorini (an island in the Cyclades, Greece)


سابستیه

Turkish: Sebastiye

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Σεβαστεία (Sebasteía), from Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from σεβᾰστός (sebastós, “venerable, august”) used as a calque of Latin Augustus. Doublet of سیواس.

Sebastia (a city in the West Bank, Palestine; former capital of the Kingdom of Israel)


اوغورسز

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اوغورسز • (uğursuz)

Turkish: uğursuz

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→ Armenian: ուղուրսուզ (uġursuz), օղուրսուզ (ōġursuz)

→ Macedonian: угурсуз (ugursuz)

From اوغور (uğur, “luck”) + ـسز (-sız, -suz, “-less”).

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unlucky, unfortunate, inauspicious, hapless, marked by or bringing ill luck


پشته

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پشته • (Peşte)

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پشته • (Peşte)

Turkish: Peşte

From Hungarian Pest, ultimately from Old Church Slavonic пещь (peštĭ, “furnace, oven”).

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(historical) Pest (a former city in Hungary), now part of Budapest


راغوزه

Turkish: Ragusa

From Italian Ragusa, from Latin Ragusia, probably from Proto-Albanian *rāguša (“grape”).

(historical) Former name of دوبرهوندیك, Dubrovnik (a port city in Croatia)


آغری

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آغری • (ağrı)

Turkish: ağrı

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *agrïg (“pain, ache”); cognate with Azerbaijani ağrı, Bashkir ауырыу (awırıw), Chuvash ырату (yrat̬u), Kazakh ауру (auru), Kyrgyz оору (ooru), Turkmen agyry, Uyghur ئاغرىق (aghriq), Uzbek ogʻriq and Yakut ыарыы (ıarıı).

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pain, ache, any bodily suffering, or unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury


آغری

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آغری • (ağrı)

Turkish: Ağrı

The name of the city was changed in 1946 and owes its name to Mount Ararat, which is called Ağrı Dağı in Turkish. The city was previously known as قرهكلیسا (karakilise) and قرهكوسه (karaköse), a corrupted form of the former.

(obsolete)

Northeast Anatolia
Northeast Anatolia#English

Ağrı (a city and province in Northeast Anatolia, Turkey)


یاردیم

یاردیم • (yardım)


جماذی الاخر

جماذی الاخر • (cemāz̠īyu ’l-āḫir)

Turkish: Cemaziyelahir

Alteration of Arabic جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْآخِر (jumādā l-ʔāḵir), variant of جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة (“Jumada II”).

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جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْآخِر

Islamic lunar calendar
w:Islamic calendar

Jumada II (the sixth of the twelve months of the Islamic lunar calendar)


یاردم

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یاردم • (yardım) (definite accusative یاردمی (yardımı), plural یاردملر (yardımlar))

yardım (romanization)
یاردمی (accusative definite)
یاردملر (plural)

Turkish: yardım

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→ Armenian: եարտըմ (eartəm), եարտում (eartum), յարդում (yardum)

→ Bulgarian: ярдъ́м (jardǎ́m)

→ Greek: γιαρντίμι (giarntími)

→ Laz: ჲარდუმი (yardumi)

jàrdum//ја̀рдум

→ Serbo-Croatian: jàrdum／ја̀рдум, ја̑рдьм

From an Iranian language, perhaps Persian یار (yâr, “friend; assistant, defender, helper”); compare Persian یاری (yâri, “assistance”) and یاردم (yârdom, “assistance”), the latter a reborrowing from Turkic. Cognate with Azerbaijani yardım, Bashkir ярҙам (yarźam), Kazakh жәрдем (järdem), Kyrgyz жардам (jardam), Turkmen ýardam, Uyghur ياردەم (yardem) and Uzbek yordam.

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help, aid, succour, any action given to provide assistance to a person in difficulty

assistance, an act of helping behavior, the result of assisting, helping, or aiding someone


آیاسلوغ

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آیاسلوغ • (Ayasuluğ)

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آیاسلوغ • (Ayasuluğ)

From Byzantine Greek Ἅγιος Θεολόγος (Hágios Theológos, “the Holy Theologian”), from its 6th-century basilica dedicated to St John the Theologian, supposed author of the Book of Revelation.

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Ἅγιος Θεολόγος

(historical) Former name of سلچوق, Selcuk (a city in Turkey)


سلچوق

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سلچوق • (selçuk)

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سلچوق • (selçuk)

Turkish: Selçuk

Book of Dede Korkut
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk
Mahmud al-Kashgari

Ultimately from a Proto-Oghuz term attested as Old Anatolian Turkish سلجك (selcuk) in the Dede Korkut and Karakhanid سلجك (selcuk) in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, of uncertain etymology. See Seljuk.

(historical) Alternative form of سلجوق (selcuk), Seljuk (founder of the Seljuk dynasty)

سلجوق

Selcuk (a city in Izmir, Turkey) near the ruins of ancient Ephesus


ایاصـولق

English: Ayasoluk

Turkish: Ayasuluk

(historical) Alternative form of آیاسلوغ, former name of سلچوق, Selcuk (a city in Turkey)


سرفیچه

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سرفیچه • (Serfiçe)

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سرفیچه • (Serfiçe)

Servia (a city in West Macedonia, in northern Greece)


ویانه

Turkish: Viyana

Synonym of بچ (Beç), Vienna (the capital of Austria)


تكریت

English: Tikrit

Turkish: Tikrit


تریبولیچه

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تریبولیچه • (Tripoliçe)

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تریبولیچه • (Tripoliçe)

From Byzantine Greek Τριπολιτσά (Tripolitsá), probably from Slavic Droboliza.


تیبه

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تیبه • (Tîbe)

ota-proper noun

تیبه • (Tîbe)

(historical) Thebes (a former city in Egypt)


یكی شهر

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یڭی شهر • (yeñi şehr)

ota-proper noun

یڭی شهر • (yeñi şehr)

یڭی شهر (canonical)
yeñi şehr (romanization)

Turkish: Yenişehir

English: Yenisehir, Yenişehir

From یڭی (yeñi, “new”) + شهر (şehr, “town”). In reference to the Cretan town, a calque of Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “new city”).

calque

Yenisehir (a city in Turkey, near Bursa)

Larissa (a city in Greece; capital of Thessaly)

(historical) Former name of قره جه صو, Karacasu (a city in Turkey, near Denizli)

(historical) Yenisehir (a former town in Turkey, near Beyşehir)


ناسلیچ

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ناسلیچ • (Nasliç)

ota-proper noun

ناسلیچ • (Nasliç)

Turkish: Nasliç

Neapoli (a town in West Macedonia, Greece)


تیران

Turkish: Tiran

From Albanian Tiranë, ultimately from Proto-Albanian *Tūrsanā.


بالیابادره

From Greek Παλαιά Πάτρα (Palaiá Pátra, “Old Patras”), the way Greeks used to call the city in opposition to Νέα Πάτρα (Néa Pátra, “New Patras”), which is now Ypati.

der

Παλαιά Πάτρα


قوردله‌جی

قوردلهجی (canonical)
kordelacı (romanization)
kordeleci (romanization)

From قوردله (kordela, kordele, “ribbon”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

ribbonmaker, one who makes ribbons or similar decorative tapes


آیاس

Turkish: Ayas

(now historical) Synonym of یمورطالق (yumurtalık)


بانقنوط

Turkish: banknot

Borrowed from English banknote, a compound of bank + note.

banknote, a piece of currency made of paper or polymer


اردل

Turkish: Erdel

Borrowed from Romanian Ardeal, itself from Hungarian Erdély (“Transylvania”), from erdő (“forest”) + elü (“region beyond”).

Transylvania, a mountainous region in western Romania


مردارلامق

From مردار (murdar, “dirty, filthy, foul”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

(transitive) to befoul, soil, to make dirty or filthy


یمورطالق

Turkish: Yumurtalık

English: Yumurtalik, Yumurtalık

From یومورطه (yumurta, “egg”) + ـلق (-lik, “-like”), the name of a local beach which is probably named after the loggerhead turtles that lay eggs there. During the Ottoman era the town was known as آیاس (ayas), from which Italian Laiazzo.

(historical)

Yumurtalik (a port town and district in Adana province, Turkey)


آسفالت

Turkish: asfalt

→ Laz: ასჶალთი (asfalti)

Borrowed from French asphalte (“asphalt”), from Ancient Greek ἄσφᾰλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).

der

asphalt, a sticky and highly viscous liquid or semisolid composed almost entirely of bitumen


باروتخانه

Turkish: baruthane

→ Albanian: baruthanë

desc

→ Armenian: պարութանա (parutʻana), բարութխանա (barutʻxana)

A compound of باروت (barut, “gunpowder”) + خانه (hâne, “place”).

com

powder mill, a mill where gunpowder is made, from sulphur, saltpetre and charcoal


اسپرماچت

Turkish: ispermeçet

Borrowed from Latin sperma (“sperm”) + cētī, genitive of cētus (“whale”).

spermaceti, a wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, candles, etc.


یومروق

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یومروق • (yumruk) (definite accusative یومروغی (yumruğu), plural یومروقلر (yumruklar))

yumruk (romanization)
یومروغی (accusative definite)
یومروقلر (plural)

Turkish: yumruk

desc

→ Armenian: յումռուխ (yumṙux), յումուռուխ (yumuṙux), յումբռուղ (yumbṙuġ), գյումլուղ (gyumluġ)

→ Bulgarian: юмру́к (jumrúk)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yudruk (“fist”), with secondary contamination from یومرو (yumru, “round, globular, spherical”). Cognate with Azerbaijani yumruq, Bashkir йоҙроҡ (yoźroq), Chuvash чӑмӑр (čămăr), Kazakh жұдырық (jūdyryq), Kyrgyz жудурук (juduruk), Turkmen ýumruk and Yakut сутурук (suturuk).

inh+

fist, a hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward against the palm

punch, box, a blow, hit, or strike made using the hand closed into a fist


طارطغان اوتی

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طارطغان اوتی

طارطغان اوتی • (dardağan otu)

ota-noun

طارطغان اوتی

طارطغان اوتی • (dardağan otu)

From طارطغان (dardağan, “scattering”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”).

Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum aviculare#Translingual

knotgrass, centinode, any annual plant of the species Polygonum aviculare


چچارون

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چچارون • (çaçaron)

Turkish: çaçaron

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→ Armenian: չաչարօն (čʻačʻarōn), չաչառօն (čʻačʻaṙōn)

Borrowed from Venetan ciaciaron (“chatterbox”), compare Italian chiacchierone.

bor+

كل بو چاچهرون ينكهكك ألندن بنی قورتار...

1912, حسین رحمی [hüseyn rahmi], جادی [cadı], page 31:

Come save me from the hands of this chatty aunt-in-law of yours...


چرچوه‌جی

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چرچوهجی • (çerçeveci)

چرچوهجی (canonical)
çerçeveci (romanization)

Turkish: çerçeveci

From چرچوه (çerçeve, “frame”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

framer, a person who makes or assembles frames for various purposes


دیوارلامق

From دیوار (duvar, “wall”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

(transitive) to wall up, wall around, to seal with a wall, or enclose in a wall


ناپولتان

From Italian napoletano, from Latin neāpolītānus, from Neāpolis (“Naples”) + -ānus (“-an: forming demonyms”), q.v.

Neapolitan, a person of or from Naples, Italy


ایت اوزومی

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ایت اوزومی • (it üzümü)

ota-noun

ایت اوزومی • (it üzümü)

Turkish: it üzümü

From ایت (it, “dog”) + اوزوم (üzüm, “grape”).

Solanum nigrum
Solanum nigrum#Translingual

black nightshade, a Eurasian species of nightshade with black berries (Solanum nigrum)


بورچقه

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بورچقه • (borçka)

ota-proper noun

بورچقه • (borçka)

Turkish: Borçka

(obsolete)

Borçka (a town and district in Artvin province, Turkey)


مطرقه

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مطرقه • (mıtraka) (plural مطارق (matarık))

Turkish: mıtraka

Borrowed from Arabic مِطْرَقَة (miṭraqa, “hammer”), a tool noun from the verb طَرَقَ (ṭaraqa, “to beat, knock, pound”).

bor+

hammer, a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding


طولغونلق

Turkish: dolgunluk

From طولغون (dolgun, “filled, full; overloaded”) + ـلق (-lık, -luk, “-ness”).

suf

fullness, the state or condition of being filled or full

overloadedness, the quality of being overloaded


ناپولی

Turkish: Napoli

From Italian Napoli, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polis), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city”). Doublet of نابلس and نابل.

Naples (a port city in Campania, in southwestern Italy)


اسفراج

Borrowed from Arabic أَسْفَرَاج (ʔasfarāj, “asparagus”), itself from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).

bor+

asparagus, sparrowgrass, any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus


صاتمق

Turkish: satmak

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sat- (“to sell”), perhaps a causative form of *sā(j)- (“to count, to consider”), whence صایمق (saymak, “to count, take into account”). Cognate of Azerbaijani satmaq, Bashkir һатыу (hatıw), Chuvash сутма (sutma), Kazakh сату (satu), Khakas садарға (sadarğa), Kyrgyz сатуу (satuu), Turkmen satmak, Tuvan садар (sadar), and Uzbek sotmoq.

inh+

(transitive) to sell, vend, to transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money

(transitive) to trade, deal in, to do business with or sell habitually a specific product

(transitive) to boast, brag, to talk with excessive pride about what one has or is able to do

(transitive) to foist, palm off, to sell or dispose of something with the intent to deceive


قوشجی

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قوشجی • (kuşcu)

Turkish: kuşçu

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→⇒ Armenian: Գուշչյան (Guščʻyan), Ղուշչյան (Ġuščʻyan)

From قوش (kuş, “bird”) + ـجی (-cı, -cu, occupational suffix).

suffix

fowler, birdcatcher, someone who catches or ensnares birds


كیرلمك

Turkish: kirlemek

From كیر (kir, “dirt, filth”) + ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

(transitive) to befoul, soil, to make dirty, filthy, or foul

(transitive) to befoul, to stain or mar with infamy or disgrace


بوغان

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بوغان • (boğan)

Turkish: boğan

From بوغـ (boğ-, “to choke, strangle, suffocate”) + ـان (-an).

suffix

choking, strangling, suffocating, stifling, that chokes, strangles, or suffocates


دمیر یولی

Turkish: demir yolu

From دمیر (demir, “iron”) + یول (yol, “way”).

railway, a track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel


مطره

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مطره • (matara or metre or medre or metra) (definite accusative مطرهیی (matarayı), plural مطرهلر (mataralar))

matara (romanization)
metre (romanization)
medre (romanization)
metra (romanization)
مطرهیی (accusative definite)
مطرهلر (plural)

Turkish: matara

→ Armenian: մաթարայ (matʻaray)

→ Georgian: მათარა (matara)

Borrowed from Arabic مَطَرَة (maṭara, “waterskin”), from Aramaic מַטְרְתָא (maṭərṯā, “double sack for grain, gold etc.”), ultimately from Ancient Greek μετρητής (metrētḗs).

der

waterskin, field-flask, a container for water normally made of tanned skin

(chemistry) matrass, a type of bolthead flask used in chemical distillation

a liquid measure around 10–20 litres and a dry measure over 5 kilograms


دیاربكر

Turkish: Diyarbakır

From دیار (diyar), plural form of دار (dar, “house; land, country”), + بكر (bekr, bekir, “Banu Bakr, an Arabian tribe”), a name given after the Muslim conquest of the 7th century; before the conquest, the city was known as آمد (âmid) or قره آمد (kara âmid).

(historical)

Southeast Anatolia
Southeast Anatolia#English

Diyarbakır (a city and province in Southeast Anatolia, Turkey)


ایك

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ایك • (iğ) (definite accusative ایكی (iği), plural ایكلر (iğler))

iğ (romanization)
ایكی (accusative definite)
ایكلر (plural)

Turkish: iğ

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iyik (“spindle”); cognate with Azerbaijani iy, Chuvash йӗке (jĕk̬e), Kyrgyz ийик (iyik), Southern Altai ийик (iyik), Turkmen ik, Uyghur يىك (yik) and Uzbek yig.

inh+

spindle, a rod used for spinning and then winding fibres, especially wool

spindle, axle, shaft, a rod which turns, or on which something turns


لیزبون

Turkish: Lizbon

From French Lisbonne, from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (Lišbūna), from Latin Olisīpō, of uncertain origin.


شقا

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شقا • (şaka) (definite accusative شقای (şakayı), plural شقالر (şakalar))

şaka (romanization)
شقای (accusative definite)
شقالر (plural)

Turkish: şaka

→ Albanian: shaka

→ Armenian: շախա (šaxa)

→ Iraqi Arabic: شقة (šaqa)

Borrowed from Arabic شَقَاء (šaqāʔ, “misery, wretchedness”); the meaning "joke, prank" may be an ironic derivation from the Arabic word.

bor+

misery, wretchedness, an unhappy state of mental or physical suffering

joke, prank, jest, anything said or done in amusement, not in seriousness


نابل

Turkish: Nebil

From Arabic نابل (Nābil), from Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from Ancient Greek νέᾱ́ (néā́, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of ناپولی and نابلس.


پودغوریچه

podgoriça (romanization)
podgoriçe (romanization)

Turkish: Podgorica

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Pòdgorica / По̀дгорица (literally “under the Gorica”), from pȍd / по̏д (“under”) + Gorica / Горица (“little mountain”), the name of a hill which overlooks the city.

Podgorica (the capital and largest city of Montenegro)


بوزاجی

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بوزاجی • (bozacı)

Turkish: bozacı

→ Albanian: bozaxhi

desc

→ Armenian: պօզաճի (pōzači), ⇒ Պոզաճյան (Pozačyan)

From بوزا (boza, “a kind of fermented drink”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

maker or seller of boza, a kind of fermented drink originating from Central Asia


یومروقلامق

Turkish: yumruklamak

From یومروق (yumruk, “fist”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

(transitive) to fist, to strike or hit with a fist


چیویجیلك

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چیویجیلك • (çivicilik)

Turkish: çivicilik

From چیویجی (çivici, “nailer”) + ـلك (-lik, luk).


اوكندره

üğendire (romanization)
üvendire (romanization)

Turkish: üvendire

From Greek βουκέντρα (voukéntra, “goad, prod”), from Ancient Greek βούκεντρον (boúkentron, “oxgoad”), a compound of βούς (boús, “ox”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “goad”).

der

goad, prod, any long, pointed stick used to spur or guide livestock


دیش فرچه‌سی

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دیش فرچهسی • (diş fırçası)

ota-noun

دیش فرچهسی • (diş fırçası)

دیش فرچهسی (canonical)
diş fırçası (romanization)

Turkish: diş fırçası

From دیش (diş, “tooth”) + فرچه (fırça, “brush”).

toothbrush, a brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth


هیپوپوتام

Turkish: hipopotam

Borrowed from French hippopotame (“hippopotamus”), from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “hippopotamus”).

bor

Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus amphibius#Translingual

hippopotamus, any large, semi-aquatic mammal of the species Hippopotamus amphibius


فرنسه

From Venetan Firense and Italian Firenze, from Old Italian Fiorenze, from Latin Flōrentia, from flōrēns (“flowering”) + -ia (“forming place names”).


قوسقون

Turkish: kuskun

→ Albanian: kuskun

desc

→ Armenian: խուսխուն (xusxun), ղուսղուն (ġusġun)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kuduzgun (“crupper”), perhaps a derivation from *kudruk (“tail”). Cognate with Kazakh құйысқан (qūiysqan, “crupper”). Compare also Mongolian хударга (xudarga, “crupper”).

inh+

crupper, a strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping


اوكنج

Turkish: evgenc

regret, repentance, remorse, contrition, the emotion of wishing one had made a different decision in the past


شمعدانجی

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شمعدانجی • (şemʼdancı)

Turkish: şamdancı

→⇒ Armenian: Շամտանճյան (Šamtančyan)

From شمعدان (şemʼdan, “candlestick”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

candlelighter, a servant whose duty is to light up the candles inside a palace


پوسخوف

Turkish: Posof

Borrowed from Georgian ფოცხოვი (pocxovi), perhaps from earlier ბოცოს ხევი (bocos xevi, “Boco's ravine”), from the personal name ბოცო (boco) + ხევი (xevi, “ravine”). This town is home of an important Meskhetian community.

bor+

Posof (a town and district in Ardahan province, Turkey)


فسقیه

Turkish: fıskiye

Pseudo-Arabism derived from the onomatopoeic word فش (fış, “fizzing or hissing sound”) + ـِيَّة (-iyya).

jet d'eau, a stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe

jet d'eau, the fountain or pipe from which such a stream issues


كوبكلنمك

گوبكلنمك (canonical)
göbeklenmek (romanization)

Turkish: göbeklenmek

From گوبك (göbek, “navel; core”) + ـلنمك (-lenmek, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels).

suffix

(intransitive, of plants) to form a core, the central part of a fruit


قوسقونسز

Turkish: kuskunsuz

From قوسقون (kuskun, “crupper”) + ـسز (-sız, -suz, “-less”).

(of a horse) crupperless, that wears no crupper or similar straps

(figuratively) neglected, broken-down, not properly maintained


بویون بوران

Turkish: boyunburan

From بویون (boyun, “neck”) + بوران (buran, “twisting, wrying”).

wryneck, any small woodpecker of the genus Jynx capable of turning the head almost 180°


آلتونجی

altıncı (romanization)
altuncu (romanization)

Turkish: altıncı

From آلتون (altın, altun, “gold”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

goldminer, gold digger, goldsmith, someone who extracts, processes, or trades gold


ایغدیر

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ایغدیر • (ığdır)

ota-proper noun

ایغدیر • (ığdır)

Turkish: Iğdır

Iğdır (a city and province in Northeast Anatolia, Turkey)


فسكت

Turkish: fisket

Borrowed from Italian fischietto (“whistle”), a derivation from the verb fischiare (“to whistle”).

bor+

(nautical) boatswain's pipe, a whistle used by boatswain's mates to pipe orders throughout a ship


پوترل

Turkish: putrel

Borrowed from French poutrelle (“beam, girder”), a diminutive of poutre (“beam”).

I-beam, a beam with cross-section shaped like a capital letter I, used in construction


بویاخانه

Turkish: boyahane

A compound of بویا (boya, “paint; dye”) + خانه (hâne, “place”).

com

dyery, a factory or establishment where fabric is dyed


طاش بالغی

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طاش بالغی • (taş balığı)

ota-noun

طاش بالغی • (taş balığı)

Turkish: taş balığı

From طاش (taş, “stone, rock”) + بالق (balık, “fish”).

rockfish, stonefish, any of various fish which resemble a piece of rock


قارشلامق

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قارشلامق • (karışlamak)

Turkish: karışlamak

From قارش (karış, “span, handspan”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to span, to measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended


صولاق

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sōlak (“left-handed”), which is, according to Clauson, the origin of Proto-Mongolic *solagaï (“left, handed”). Compare Azerbaijani solaxay, Bashkir һулаҡай (hulaqay), Crimean Tatar solaqay, Kazakh солақай (solaqai) and Tuvan солагай (solagay), all deriving from the Proto-Mongolic source.

cog

left-handed, sinistromanual, using one's left hand in preference to one's right


صولاق

Turkish: solak

left-handed, left-hander, anyone who uses one's left hand in preference to one's right

(historical) guardsman whose duty was to patrol the processions attended by the sultan


صولاق

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *suvlağ (“watering place”), a derivation from *sub (“water”), whence صو (su, “water”).

inh+

(of a place) waterlogged, watery, wet, damp, covered or soaked with water


صولاق

Turkish: sulak

watering place, a place where water may be obtained and provided to cattle


موجور

mucur (romanization)
mıcır (romanization)

Turkish: mıcır, mucur

Usually considered an Armenian borrowing: compare Armenian մճիր (mčir), մոծիր (mocir, “ash, coal dust”). See also Byzantine Greek μουντζούρα (mountzoúra, “black stain, coal stain”).

cog

(figuratively) the useless portion of something


خانیه

Turkish: Hanya


طسمه

Alternative spelling of تاصمه (tasma, “strap, thong; collar”)


قاینامق

Turkish: kaynamak (“to boil”)

desc

→ Armenian: խայնամիշ (xaynamiš), կա̈յնա̈միշ (käynämiš)

From Proto-Turkic *kạyïn- (“to boil”). See kaynamak for more cognates.

قانی قاینامق

to be active, enthusiastic; to have sincere affection for someone; for one's blood to boil


قانی قاینامق

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قانی قاینامق

قانی قاینامق • (kanı kaynamak)

Turkish: kanı kaynamak

desc

βράζει το αίμα μου

→ Greek: βράζει το αίμα μου (vrázei to aíma mou) (calque)

το γαίμα μ' βράζει

→ Pontic Greek: το γαίμα μ' βράζει (to gaíma m' vrázei) (calque)

From قان (kan, “blood”) + ـی (-ı, possessive suffix) + قاینامق (kaynamak, “to boil”), literally “for one's blood to boil”. This idiom is probably of Common Turkic origin, as can be seen by the large number of cognates such as Azerbaijani qanı qaynamaq (“to feel affection for someone”), Bashkir ҡан ҡайнау (qan qaynaw, “to get filled with anger”), Crimean Tatar къан(ы) къайнамакъ / qan(ı) qaynamaq, Kazakh қаны қайнау (qany qainau, “to get excited”), Kumyk къаны къайнамакъ (qanı qaynamaq), Turkmen gany gaýnamak (“to get excited”), Tatar кан кайнату / qan qaynatu (“to get filled with anger”), Uzbek qoni qaynamoq (“to get filled with anger”).

cog

къан(ы) къайнамакъ

Crimean Tatar къан(ы) къайнамакъ

къаны къайнамакъ

Tatar кан кайнату

(idiomatic) to be lively, active, enthusiastic

(idiomatic) to have sincere affection for someone


پوجه

Turkish: boca

Borrowed from Italian poggia, inflection of the verb poggiare (“to lean, stand, rest”).

(nautical) lee, the side of a ship away from the wind


اكسرجی

desc

→ Armenian: էքսէրճի (ēkʻsērči), ⇒ Էքսերճյան (Ēkʻserčyan)

From اكسر (ekser, “spike, large nail”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

maker or seller of spikes or large nails


كوپوكلنمك

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كوپوكلنمك • (köpüklenmek)

Turkish: köpüklenmek

From كوپوك (köpük, “foam, froth, lather”) + ـلنمك (-lenmek, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels).

suffix

(intransitive) to become foam, froth, or lather, or to become covered by them


آلتون اوتی

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آلتون اوتی • (altın otu)

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آلتون اوتی • (altın otu)

Turkish: altın otu

From آلتون (altın, “gold”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”).

Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium scolopendrium#Translingual

hart's tongue, any evergreen fern of the species Asplenium scolopendrium


چكیچخانه

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چكیچخانه • (çekiçhane)

ota-noun

چكیچخانه • (çekiçhane)

Turkish: çekiçhane

Compound of چكیچ (çekiç, “hammer”) + خانه (hâne, “place”).

com+

the section of a forge or smithy in which hammers and similar tools are employed


بیطار

Turkish: baytar

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْطَار (bayṭār, “farrier; veterinarian”), itself from Ancient Greek ἱππιατρός (hippiatrós, “farrier”), a compound of ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ἰατρός (iatrós, “physician”).

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farrier, horseshoer, a person who trims the hooves and fits the horseshoe

veterinarian, vet, a doctor who is specialized in treating and curing animals


طاشاق

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طاشاق • (taşak) (definite accusative طاشاغی (taşağı), plural طاشاقلر (taşaklar))

taşak (romanization)
طاشاغی (accusative definite)
طاشاقلر (plural)

Turkish: taşak

→ Armenian: թաշախ (tʻašax)

→ Macedonian: ташак (tašak)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tašak (“testicle”), probably a dimunitive of *tiāĺ (“stone”); equivalent to طاش (taş, “stone”) + ـاق (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix). Cognate with Azerbaijani daşşaq, Crimean Tatar taşaq, Karachay-Balkar ташакъ (taşaq), Kazakh тасақ (tasaq), Kipchak طشاق and Kyrgyz ташак (taşak).

suffix

testicle, the male sex and endocrine gland, found in some types of animals


كروانسرای

Alternative form of كاروانسرای (karvanseray)


دیغور

Turkish: Digor

Borrowed from Armenian Տեկոր (Tekor) or Տիկոր (Tikor).

Digor (a town and district in Kars province, Turkey)


تاوانلامق

From تاوان (tavan, “ceiling”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

(transitive) to ceil, to line or finish a surface with plaster, stucco, or similar


مایخوش

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مایخوش • (mayhoş)

Turkish: mayhoş

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→ Armenian: մայհօշ (mayhōš), մայխօշ (mayxōš), մարխոշ (marxoš), մէյխօշ (mēyxōš)

Borrowed from Persian مایخوش (mâyxoš, “sweet-and-sour”), a compound of مایه (mâye, “stuff”) + خوش (xoš, “pleasant”).

compound

acidulous, sourish, subacid, slightly sour or tart

sweet-and-sour, having both sweet and sour taste


قورت بوغان

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قورت بوغان • (kurt boğan)

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قورت بوغان • (kurt boğan)

Turkish: kurtboğan

From قورت (kurt, “wolf”) + بوغان (boğan, “strangling, suffocating”).

aconite, monkshood, wolfsbane, any of various poisonous plants in the genus Aconitum


سیوریلك

Turkish: sivrilik

From سیوری (sivri, “sharp-pointed, tapering”) + ـلك (-lik, lük, “-ness, -ship, -hood”).

suf

sharp-pointedness, taperingness, conicalness, the state or quality of having a sharp point


تذهیب

Turkish: tezhip

Borrowed from Arabic تَذْهِيب (taḏhīb, “ornamentation with gold”), verbal noun of ذَهَّبَ (ḏahhaba, “to gild”).

bor+

gilding, the art or process of applying gold leaf to a surface


جبره

Turkish: cibre

Uncertain; probably a cognate of Greek τσίπουρο (tsípouro, “tsipouro, wine pomace brandy”).

cog

pomace, marc, the pulp remaining from a substance pressed to extract its oil or juice


اولچمك

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اولچمك • (ölçmek)

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اولچمك • (ölçmek)

Turkish: ölçmek

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ölč- (“to measure”); cognate with Azerbaijani ölçmək, Bashkir үлсәү (ülsəw), Chuvash виҫ (viś), Kazakh өлшеу (ölşeu), Kyrgyz өлчөө (ölcöö) and Uzbek oʻlchamoq.

inh+

(transitive) to measure, to ascertain the quantity or size of a unit of material


صندوقجی

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صندوقجی • (sandıkcı)

Turkish: sandıkçı

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→⇒ Armenian: Սանդուխչյան (Sanduxčʻyan), Սանտըգճյան (Santəgčyan)

From صندوق (sandık, “chest, trunk, coffer”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

boxmaker, a maker, seller, or manufacturer of boxes, chests and similar containers


بكلر بكی

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بكلر بكی • (beyler beyi) (plural بكلر بكیلر (beyler beyiler))

beyler beyi (romanization)
بكلر بكیلر (plural)

Turkish: beylerbeyi

→ Armenian: պէյլէրպէյի (pēylērpēyi)

→ English: beylerbey

→ French: beylerbey

→ Romanian: beilerbei

a lord of lords; a governor-general; beylerbey


بكلر بكیلك

بكلر بكیلكلر

بكلر بكیلك • (beyler beyilik) (plural بكلر بكیلكلر (beyler beyilikler))

ota-noun

بكلر بكیلكلر

beyler beyilik (romanization)
بكلر بكیلكلر (plural)

Turkish: beylerbeyilik

The jurisdiction or the territory of a beylerbey.


بكلك

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بكلك • (beylik) (plural بكلكلر (beylikler))

Turkish: beylik

→ English: beylik

بك (bey) + ـلك (-lik). Compare also historical regional Russian беляк (beljak, “duchy”).

a region or tribe ruled over by a Bey; a principality

the government or public treasury of a realm or a district

anything belonging as property to the government


بك اوغلی

بك اوغلی • (bey oğlu)

ota-proper noun

بك اوغلی • (bey oğlu)

Turkish: Beyoğlu

→ Armenian: Պէյօղլու (Pēyōġlu)

Literally, “bey's son”, because an Ottoman prince lived there.

Beyoğlu (a neighborhood and district in Istanbul province, Turkey)


بكم

Turkish: beyim

Cognate with Azerbaijani bəyim, Uzbek begim. Doublet of بیگم (begüm).


چكیش

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چكیش • (çekiş)

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چكیش • (çekiş)

Turkish: çekiş

From چكـ (çek-, “to draw, pull, drag”) + ـیش (-iş).

suf

traction, pull, draw, the action or manner of pulling, drawing, or dragging something

contention, quarrel, altercation, dispute, any heated argument, especially a verbal one


طاشجی

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طاشجی • (taşcı)

Turkish: taşçı

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→ Armenian: թաշճի (tʻašči), ⇒ Թաշճյան (Tʻaščyan)

From طاش (taş, “stone, rock”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

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stonecutter, stonemason, somebody who cuts, carves or dresses stone


آق سرای

Turkish: Aksaray

→ Armenian: Ագսարայ (Agsaray)

Morphologically from آق (ak, “white”) + سرای (saray, “palace”), but this is probably a mutated form of Byzantine Greek Τακσαρά (Taksará), itself from Ancient Greek Γαρσάουρα (Garsáoura), the ancient name of the city. This place was also known in antiquity as Ἀρχελαΐς (Arkhelaḯs), after Archelaus of Cappadocia, the last king of Cappadocia.

Aksaray (a city and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)


قوتلانمق

From قوت (kut, “luck”) + ـلانمق (-lanmak, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels).


صاچ باغی

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صاچ باغی • (saç bağı)

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صاچ باغی • (saç bağı)

Turkish: saç bağı

→ Armenian: սաչպաղը (sačʻpaġə)

From صاچ (saç, “hair”) + باغ (bağ, “tie, band”).

fillet, headband, a strip of fabric worn around the head


նկ

A digraph used in the Armeno-Turkish script. Represents velar nasal: [ŋ]. Transliterated as ñ.


میخوش

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میخوش • (meyhoş)

Alternative spelling of مایخوش (mayhoş, “acidulous; sweet-and-sour”)


یغین

یغین • (yığın)

ota-noun

یغین • (yığın)

Alternative spelling of ییغین (yığın, “heap, pile, mass”)


تذهیبجی

Turkish: tezhipçi

From تذهیب (tezhib, “gilding”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

gilder, a person whose occupation is to overlay things with gold


خسته‌لانمق

خستهلانمق (canonical)
hastalanmak (romanization)

Turkish: hastalanmak

From خسته (hasta, “sick, ill”) + ـلانمق (-lanmak, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels).

affix

(intransitive) to fall ill, to get sick, to sicken, to become ill or sick


مخمورلق

Turkish: mahmurluk

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: маму̀рлук

Latin script: mamùrluk

From مخمور (mahmur, “drunk, intoxicated”) + ـلق (-lık, -luk, “-ness”).

suf

hangover, veisalgia, the negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by an excessive consumption of alcohol

مخمورلغی بوزمق

to eat or drink something to relieve the stomach after a hangover


دیش معجونی

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دیش معجونی • (diş maʼcunu)

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دیش معجونی • (diş maʼcunu)

Turkish: diş macunu

From دیش (diş, “tooth”) + معجون (maʼcun, “paste; putty”).

toothpaste, a paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth


لونجه

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لونجه • (lonca) (definite accusative لونجهیی (loncayı), plural لونجهلر (loncalar))

lonca (romanization)
لونجهیی (accusative definite)
لونجهلر (plural)

Turkish: lonca

→ Armenian: լօնճա (lōnča)

Borrowed from either Italian loggia (“loge; lodge”) or Greek λόντζα (lóntza). Doublet of لوجه (loca, “loge; lodge”).

guild, corporation, any association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft or trade

(by extension) guildhall, hanse, a hall, building, or palace where a guild or corporation usually assembles


آرناود

arnavud (romanization)
arnaud (romanization)

Turkish: Arnavut

→ Abkhaz: арнауҭ (arnawt)

→ Albanian: arnaut

→ Arabic: أَرْنَؤُد (ʔarnaʔud)

→ Armenian: առնավուտ (aṙnavut)

→ Bulgarian: арнау́т (arnaút)

→ English: Arnaut

→ Ladino: ארנאאוט (arnaut)

→ Macedonian: Арнаут (Arnaut)

→ Romanian: arnăut

From Byzantine Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs, “Albanian”), from the original Ancient Greek ethnonym Ἀλβανίτης (Albanítēs) through a process of rhotacism, turning Alv- into Arv-.

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Albanian, a person from Albania or of Albanian descent