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


قطیفه چیچكی

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قطیفه چیچكی • (kadife çiçeği)

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قطیفه چیچكی • (kadife çiçeği)

Turkish: kadife çiçeği

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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


قوجه ایلی

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قوجه ایلی • (koca eli)

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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)


چرك

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چرك • (çirk)

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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


پنیرجی

Turkish: peynirci

→⇒ Armenian: Փենիրճյան (Pʻenirčyan)

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

suffix

cheesemaker, cheesemonger, a maker or seller of cheese


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


بالقلو

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بالقلو • (balıklı)

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بالقلو • (balıklı)

Turkish: balıklı

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


آجی الما

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آجی الما • (acı elma)

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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

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دشمنـلق • (enmity)

→ Serbo-Croatian: dušmanluk

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

suf

enmity, the quality of having a bitter relation with someone


سمادیرك

Turkish: Semadirek

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

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East Macedonia and Thrace
East Macedonia and Thrace#English

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


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


دیكیشجی

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دیكیشجی • (dikişci)

Turkish: dikişçi

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

suffix

tailor, seamster, a person who sews clothes professionally


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”).

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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


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


قوجه‌لامق

قوجهلامق (canonical)
kocalamak (romanization)

Turkish: kocalmak

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

suffix

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


شرابخانه

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شرابخانه • (şarabhane)

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شرابخانه • (şarabhane)

Turkish: şaraphane

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→ 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)

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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


كشان

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كشان • (keşan)

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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)


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


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)


اشكینجی

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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


یارمق

Turkish: yarmak

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→ 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


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


توتونلمك

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


اوموز قایشی

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اوموز قایشی • (omuz kayışı)

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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


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.


كموشخانه

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كموشخانه • (gümüşhane)

Turkish: Gümüşhane

→ Armenian: Կիւմիւշխանէ (Kiwmiwšxanē)

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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)


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


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


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”).


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


یاورولامق

Turkish: yavrulamak

→ Armenian: յավրուլամիշ (yavrulamiš)

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

suffix

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


صوغانلق

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صوغانلق • (soğanlık)

→ Bulgarian: сованлъ́к (sovanlǎ́k)

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

suf

onion-field, a bed or field cultivated with onions


مركب بالغی

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مركب بالغی • (mürekkeb balığı)

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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


جلذی

Cülzi (romanization)
Julzi (romanization)


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).


ایرك

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ایرك • (iriñ)

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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


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

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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)

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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


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).


لاپسكی

Turkish: Lapseki

→ Armenian: Լափսէքի (Lapʻsēkʻi)

From Ancient Greek Λάμψακος (Lámpsakos).

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


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


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


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


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


آیدینلنمق

Turkish: aydınlanmak

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

suffix

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


چناقلق

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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


قره صو

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

an alternatative name of the Berdan River


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 (Dorŭ́laion), whose ruins can be found near the city.

(obsolete)

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


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


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

(of food) heavy, indigestible, difficult to digest

slow, not quick in motion, taking a long time

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

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


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


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

→ Ukrainian: кайф (kajf)

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

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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

desc

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

→ Ladino: halvadjí

→ Romanian: halvagiu

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

suffix

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


ایركلنمك

Turkish: irinlenmek

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

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


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


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


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)


باروتجی

Turkish: barutçu

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

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

suffix

powdermaker, a person that makes gunpowder


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”).

inh+

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


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


حلواخانه

Turkish: helvahane

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

com

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


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


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 (paek muanH).
Or By surface analysis, پك + من. Compare with پک رنگین ادم (pek-zengin-adam, “millionaire”).


میلان

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

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


میلان شهری

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میلان شهری • (Milan Şehri)

ota-proper noun

میلان شهری • (Milan Şehri)

Distinguishing the intended sense of میلان.

Synonym of میلان, Milan (a city in Italy)


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)


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.


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)".

der

مرسى بني غازي


دراویش

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دَراویش • (derâvîş)

دَراویش (canonical)
derâvîş (romanization)

Borrowed from Arabic دَرَاوِيش (darāwīš).


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)


شام شریف

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شام شریف • (Şam-i Şerif)

ota-proper noun

شام شریف • (Şam-i Şerif)

Distinguishing the intended sense of شام (Şam)

Synonym of شام, Damascus (the capital of Syria)


دوبره‌وندیك

دوبرهوندیك (canonical)
Dobravenedik (romanization)

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


ادسه

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


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


فاماغوسته

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀμμόχωστος (Ammókhōstos).

Synonym of ماغوسه, Famagusta (a city in Cyprus)


فئودوسیه

Turkish: Feodosiya, Feodosya

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

der

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


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 (phĭléein, “to love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother, sibling”).

(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)


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)


حبرون

Hebron (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


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


اسپالتو

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اسپالتو • (İspalato)

ota-proper noun

اسپالتو • (İspalato)


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 (-ĭă, “-ia: forming feminine names”).

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


قارتاجه

Turkish: Kartaca

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

der

(historical) Carthage (a former city in Tunisia)

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


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.


كفه

Turkish: Kefe


قوریتوس

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


مكه

Turkish: Mekke


چاكوج

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چاكوج • (çakuc)

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چاكوج • (çakuc)

Alternative spelling of چكیچ (çekiç, “hammer”)


چكچ

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چكچ • (çekiç)

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چكچ • (çekiç)


چكوچ

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چكوچ • (çeküç)

ota-noun

چكوچ • (çeküç)


مكه مكرمه

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

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

bor+

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).

bor+

اللَّاذِقِيَّة


طبریه

Turkish: Taberiye, Tiberya

Borrowed from Arabic طَبَرِيَّة (ṭabariyya), from Ancient Greek Τῐβερῐᾰ́ς (Tĭberĭắs), from Τῐβέρῐος (Tĭbérĭos) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs), from the name of the Roman emperor Tiberius.

Tiberias (a town on the Sea of Galilee Israel)


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)


اودسه

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


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).

inh+

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)


مانطه

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


طورنه‌جی

طورنهجی • (turnacı)

طورنهجی (canonical)
turnacı (romanization)

Turkish: turnacı

→ Greek: τουρνατζής (tournatzís)

→ Polish: turnadzy

→ Romanian: turnagiu

desc

turnàdžija//турна̀џија

→ Serbo-Croatian: turnàdžija /турна̀џија

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

suffix

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


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.

unk

Uncertain

der

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


اولیمپوس

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اولیمپوس • (Olimpos)

ota-proper noun

اولیمپوس • (Olimpos)

Turkish: Olimpos

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


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”).

der

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- (păn-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”), apparently because of the good natural harbor.


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


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”).

der

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


اوغورسز

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اوغورسز • (uğursuz)

Turkish: uğursuz

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

→ Macedonian: угурсуз (ugursuz)

→ Romanian: ursuz

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

suffix

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


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)


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.


سابستیه

Turkish: Sebastiye

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Σεβαστεία (Sebasteía), from Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from σεβᾰστός (sebăstós, “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)


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.

der

Santorini (an island in the Cyclades, Greece)


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.

der

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


یاردیم

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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)


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


آیاسلوغ

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آیاسلوغ • (Ayasuluğ)

ota-proper noun

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.

der

Ἅγιος Θεολόγος

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


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)

ota-proper noun

سرفیچه • (Serfiçe)

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


تیبه

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تیبه • (Tîbe)

ota-proper noun

تیبه • (Tîbe)

(historical) Thebes (a former city in Egypt)


تكریت

English: Tikrit

Turkish: Tikrit


تریبولیچه

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تریبولیچه • (Tripoliçe)

ota-proper noun

تریبولیچه • (Tripoliçe)

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


ویانه

Turkish: Viyana

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


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)


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


تیران

Turkish: Tiran

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


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.

suffix

(historical)

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


آیاس

Turkish: Ayas

(now historical) Synonym of یمورطالق (yumurtalık)


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


بانقنوط

Turkish: banknot

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

banknote, a piece of currency made of paper or polymer


قوردله‌جی

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

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

ribbonmaker, one who makes ribbons or similar decorative tapes


یومروق

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

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

Turkish: yumruk

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→ 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


آسفالت

Turkish: asfalt

→ Laz: ასჶალთი (asfalti)

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

der

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


مردارلامق

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

suffix

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


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


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


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.


چچارون

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چچارون • (çaçaron)

Turkish: çaçaron

desc

→ 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...


بورچقه

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بورچقه • (borçka)

ota-proper noun

بورچقه • (borçka)

Turkish: Borçka

(obsolete)

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


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


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


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 can do

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


ناپولی

Turkish: Napoli

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

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


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


ناپولتان

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

Neapolitan, a person of or from Naples, Italy


دیوارلامق

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

suffix

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


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


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)


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)


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


قوشجی

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قوشجی • (kuşcu)

Turkish: kuşçu

desc

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

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

suffix

fowler, birdcatcher, someone who catches or ensnares birds


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


كیرلمك

Turkish: kirlemek

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

suffix

(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


شقا

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

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

Turkish: şaka

→ Crimean Tatar: şaqa

→ 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


لیزبون

Turkish: Lizbon

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


نابل

Turkish: Nebil

From Arabic نابل (Nābil), from Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from Ancient Greek νέᾱ́ (néā́, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “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


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


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


یومروقلامق

Turkish: yumruklamak

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

suffix

(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).


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”).


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)


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


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).

(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°


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


آلتونجی

altıncı (romanization)
altuncu (romanization)

Turkish: altıncı

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

suffix

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


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


پوترل

Turkish: putrel

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

bor+

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


آلتون اوتی

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آلتون اوتی • (altın otu)

ota-noun

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


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”).

der

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

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


مایخوش

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مایخوش • (mayhoş)

Turkish: mayhoş

desc

→ 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


صندوقجی

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صندوقجی • (sandıkcı)

Turkish: sandıkçı

desc

→⇒ 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


اولچمك

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اولچمك • (ölçmek)

ota-verb

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


تاوانلامق

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

suffix

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


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


قورت بوغان

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قورت بوغان • (kurt boğan)

ota-noun

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


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


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).


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.

Central Anatolia
Central Anatolia#English

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


چكیش

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چكیش • (çekiş)

ota-noun

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

desc

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

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

suffix

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


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)

ota-noun

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”)


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-.

der

Albanian, a person from Albania or of Albanian descent


زینت

Turkish: ziynet

Borrowed from Arabic زِينَة (zīna, “ornament, decoration, embellishment”); compare Azerbaijani ziynət, Kazakh зейнет (zeinet), Turkmen zynat, Uyghur زىننەت (zinnet) and Uzbek ziynat.

bor+

ornament, decoration, embellishment, garnish, any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies


تذهیبجی

Turkish: tezhipçi

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

suffix

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


قاكلی

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قاكلی • (kañlı)

Turkish: kağnı

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kaŋlï, ultimately from Tocharian A klānk- (“to ride”). Cognate with Chagatai [script needed] (qaŋlï), Khakas хаңаа (xañaa), Kipchak [script needed] (qanłï), Old Uyghur 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽷𐾁𐽶 (kaŋlï), Salar gañli, Shor қаңаа (qaŋā) and Turkmen gaňňa.

any cart with two wheels which are solid and fixed to the axle, like a chariot, oxcart, or gig


لونجه

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

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

Turkish: lonca

→ Albanian: llonxhë

→ 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


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)

ota-noun

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


مایینالر

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مایینالر • (mayınlar)


ارمنك

Turkish: Ermenek

→ Armenian: Էրմէնէկ (Ērmēnēk)

From Byzantine Greek Γερμανικόπολις (Germanikópolis), named after Germanicus, an ancient Roman general and grandson of Augustus.

der

Γερμανικόπολις

Ermenek (a town and district in Karaman province, Turkey)


خالیجی

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خالیجی • (halıcı)

Turkish: halıcı

desc

→ Armenian: խալիճի (xaliči), ⇒ Հալըճյան (Haləčyan)

From خالی (halı, “carpet”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

carpetmaker, carpetmonger, a manufacturer or trader of carpets


شریت

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شریت • (şerit) (definite accusative شریدی (şeridi), plural شریتلر (şeritler))

şerit (romanization)
شریدی (accusative definite)
شریتلر (plural)

Turkish: şerit

→ Albanian: shirit

→ Armenian: շէրիտ (šērit), շրիդ (šrid)

desc

→ Pontic Greek: σ̌ερίτ’ (šerít’), σ̌α̤ρίτ’ (šärít’), σ̌ερίτιν (šerítin)

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيط (šarīṭ, “tape, ribbon, band”).

bor+

tape, any thin and flat material produced in the form of a roll

ribbon, a long, narrow tape used for decoration of clothing

galloon, a braided trimming with bullion thread on men's coats


تمغالامق

Turkish: damgalamak

desc

→ Armenian: տամղալամիշ (tamġalamiš), դամկալամիշ (damkalamiš)

From تمغا (tamga, “stamp”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to stamp, to give an official marking to, generally by impressing a design or symbol


فائضسز

Turkish: faizsiz

From فائض (faʼiz, “interest”) + ـسز (-siz, -suz, “-less”).

(finance) interestless, without interest


آغاج قوردی

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آغاج قوردی • (ağac kurdu)

ota-noun

آغاج قوردی • (ağac kurdu)

Turkish: ağaç kurdu

From آغاج (ağac, “tree”) + قورت (kurt, “worm”).

woodworm, any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood


قره بوك

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قره بوك • (kara bük)

ota-proper noun

قره بوك • (kara bük)

Turkish: Karabük

From قره (kara, “black”) + بوك (bük, “thicket”); this city developed in the 20th century due to the presence of steel factories.

Karabük (a city, district, and province in West Black Sea region, Turkey)


شریك

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شریك • (şerik) (definite accusative شریكی (şeriği), plural شركا (şürekâ))

şerik (romanization)
شریكی (accusative definite)
شركا (plural)

Turkish: şerik

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيك (šarīk, “partner, associate”), a derivation from the active participle of the verb شَرِكَ (šarika, “to share”).

bor+

partner, associate, someone who is associated with another in a common activity


باصمه‌جی

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باصمهجی • (basmacı)

باصمهجی (canonical)
basmacı (romanization)

Turkish: basmacı

→ Albanian: basmaçi

desc

→ Armenian: պասմաճի (pasmači), ⇒ Բասմաջյան (Basmaǰyan)

→ Romanian: basmangiu

From باصمه (basma, “printing; print”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

typographer, printer, one who makes prints or the operator of a printing press


طوپاق

From طوپ (top, “ball, sphere”) + ـاق (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix).

round, globular, orbicular, spherical, shaped like a ball


طوپاق

Turkish: topak

→ Armenian: թօփախ (tʻōpʻax)

lump, glob, a roundish and shapeless piece of a semisolid substance

fetlock, the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern in horses


ایكنه‌لمك

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ایكنهلمك • (iğnelemek)

ایكنهلمك (canonical)
iğnelemek (romanization)

Turkish: iğnelemek

From ایكنه (iğne, “needle; pin”) + ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to needle, to pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture

(transitive) to pin, pin down, pin up, to attach, secure, or fasten something with pins


فرماننامه

Turkish: fermanname

Borrowed from Persian فرماننامه (farmânnâme, “letter of commands”), a compound of فرمان (farmân, “order, command”) + نامه (nâme, “book, record, message”).

bor+

letter of commands, a written order issued by the sultan


بالق ایكنه‌سی

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بالق ایكنهسی

بالق ایكنهسی • (balık iğnesi)

ota-noun

بالق ایكنهسی

بالق ایكنهسی • (balık iğnesi)

بالق ایكنهسی (canonical)
balık iğnesi (romanization)

Turkish: balık iğnesi

From بالق (balık, “fish”) + ایكنه (iğne, “needle; pin”).

fishhook, angle, a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing


مساحه

mesaha (romanization)
misaha (romanization)

Turkish: mesaha

Borrowed from Arabic مِسَاحَة (misāḥa, “geometry, geodesy”), verbal noun of مَسَحَ (masaḥa, “to survey, peragrate”).

bor+

survey, the operation of finding the contour, dimensions, or position of any part of the Earth's surface


دوشش

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دوشش • (düşeş)

Turkish: düşeş

→ Bulgarian: дюшеш (djušeš)

From Persian دو (dū, “two”) + شش (šaš, “six”).


اسكندر

Turkish: İskender

→ Albanian: Skënder

→ Azerbaijani: İsgəndər

→ Karakalpak: İskender

→ Tatar: İskändär

→ Turkmen: Isgender

→ Uyghur: ئىسكەندەر (iskender)

→ Zazaki: İskendero

Borrowed from Arabic إسْكَنْدَر (ʔiskandar).

bor+

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Alexander


مداره

Turkish: madara

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαδαρός (madarós, “bald, moist”)


افشا

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افشا • (ifşa)

Turkish: ifşa


اصلاق

اصلاق • (ıslak)

ota-adj

اصلاق • (ıslak)

Turkish: ıslak

Probably a metathesized form from Proto-Turkic *sublak (“watery place; wet”), a derivation of *sub (“water”). Compare Azerbaijani islaq and Chuvash исленчӗк (islenč̬ĕk).

inh

wet, damp, covered or impregnated with liquid, usually water


قارلی ایلی

karlı eli (romanization)
karlı ili (romanization)

Turkish: Karlıeli

→ Greek: Κάρλελι (Kárleli)

From Italian Carlo (“Charles”) + ایل (el, “nation, territory”), a name derived from the region's last Christian rulers, Carlo I Tocco or his successor Carlo II Tocco.

(historical) a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire roughly correspoding to the region of Aetolia-Acarnania, in Greece


خانق

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خانق • (hanık)

Turkish: hanık

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


شریعتجی

شریعتجی • (şeriʼatcı)

Turkish: şeriatçı

→ Armenian: շէրիաթճի (šēriatʻči)

From شریعت (şeriʼat, “shari'a, Islamic law”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

(historical) the legal assistant of a Kazasker during the Ottoman Empire


توكورمك

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توكورمك • (tükürmek)

Turkish: tükürmek

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tüpkür- (“to spit”); cognate with Azerbaijani tüpürmək, Bashkir төкөрөү (tököröw), Kazakh түкіру (tükıru), Kyrgyz түкүрүү (tükürüü), Turkmen tüýkürmek, Uyghur تۈكۈرمەك (tükürmek) and Uzbek tupurmoq.

cog

Kyrgyz түкүрүү (tükürüü)

(transitive, intransitive) to spit, to evacuate saliva or another substance from the mouth


قایماقلانمق

Turkish: kaymaklanmak

From قایماق (kaymak, “kaymak, clotted cream; skimming”) + ـلانمق (-lanmak, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels).

affix

(intransitive) to become like kaymak or clotted cream in consistency

(intransitive, of milk) to become covered by scum on the surface

(intransitive, of food) to acquire a taste or flavor similar to kaymak


سرخوشلق

Turkish: sarhoşluk

From سرخوش (sarhoş, “drunk, intoxicated”) + ـلق (-lık, -luk, “-ness”).

suf

drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation, ebriety, the state of being drunk or intoxicated


بوینوز اوتی

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بوینوز اوتی • (boynuz otu)

ota-noun

بوینوز اوتی • (boynuz otu)

From بوینوز (boynuz, “horn”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”).

hellebore, any of the common flowering plants of the genus Helleborus


حائز

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حائز • (ha’iz)

Turkish: haiz


غلبه

غلبه • (ğalebe) (definite accusative غلبهی (ğalebeyi), plural غلبات (ğalebat))

ğalebe (romanization)
غلبهی (accusative definite)
غلبات (plural)

Turkish: galebe

→ Crimean Tatar: ğalebe

غلبه دیوانی

state council with more members than normal


یومرق

Alternative spelling of یومروق (yumruk, “fist”)


داریجه

داریجه • (darıca)

ota-proper noun

داریجه • (darıca)

Turkish: Darıca

→ Armenian: Տարըճա (Tarəča)

From Greek Δάριτζα (Dáritza), itself from Byzantine Greek τὰ Ῥίτζια (tà Rhítzia), plural form of Ῥίτζιον (Rhítzion), its original name.

Darıca (a town and district in Kocaeli province, Turkey)


تمغاجی

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تمغاجی • (tamgacı)

Turkish: damgacı

desc

→ Middle Armenian: թամղաճի (tʻamġači), թամղաչի (tʻamġačʻi)

Armenian: տամղաճի (tamġači), ⇒ Տամկաճյան (Tamkačyan)

From تمغا (tamga, “stamp; mark”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

stamper, a clerk or official whose duty is to apply a stamp to a document


آدیم

head

آدیم • (adım) (definite accusative آدیمی (adımı), plural آدیملر (adımlar))

adım (romanization)
آدیمی (accusative definite)
آدیملر (plural)

Turkish: adım

desc

→ Armenian: ատըմ (atəm), ադըմ (adəm), ադո̈ւմ (adüm)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ātïm (“step”); cognate with Azerbaijani addım, Bashkir аҙым (aźım), Chuvash утӑм (ut̬ăm), Kazakh адым (adym), Kyrgyz адым (adım), Southern Altai адым (adïm), Turkmen ädim and Uzbek odim.

inh+

step, pace, an advance or movement made from one foot to the other

pace, the distance covered in a step according to specific measurements


مقره

Turkish: makara

→ Albanian: makara

→ Armenian: մախարա (maxara)

→ Cypriot Arabic: mpakara

→ Macedonian: макара (makara)

→ Romanian: macara

Vulgarized form of earlier بكره (bekre), which was borrowed from Arabic بَكَرَة (bakara, “pulley, block”). For the change of initial consonant /b/ > /m/, compare منتشه (menteşe, “hinge”), منكشه (menekşe, “violet”) and میان (mıyan, “licorice”).

bor

pulley, block, one of the simple machines consisting of a wheel with a grooved rim

bobbin, a spool or cylinder around which wires, threads, cables, or ropes are coiled


ایریلشمك

head

ایریلشمك • (irileşmek)

Turkish: irileşmek

From ایری (iri, “large, great”) + ـلشمك (-leşmek, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels).

suffix

(intransitive) to enlarge, grow, expand, to increase in size, to become larger


سرعسكر

head

سرعسكر • (serʼasker) (definite accusative سرعسكری (serʼaskeri), plural سرعسكرلر (serʼaskerler))

serʼasker (romanization)
سرعسكری (accusative definite)
سرعسكرلر (plural)

Turkish: serasker

→ Armenian: սէրասքէր (sēraskʻēr)

→ English: seraskier

→ Romanian: seraschier

Borrowed from Persian سرعسکر (sar'askar, “captain, commander”); equivalent to سر (ser, “head”) + عسكر (ʼasker, “soldier”).

سرعسكرلك

quality, rank, or functions of a commander in chief

commander in chief, the supreme commander of the armed forces of a country

(historical) seraskier, a title formerly given to a vizier who commanded an army


قوجه یمشی

Turkish: koca yemiş

desc

խօճայ եէմիշի

→ Armenian: խօճայ եէմիշի (xōčay eēmiši)

From قوجه (koca, “elder; chief; husband”) + یمش (yemiş, “fruit”).

arbutus berry, the edible fruit of the strawberry tree


بكتاش

head

بَكتاش • (Bektâş)

ota-proper noun

بَكتاش • (Bektâş)

بَكتاش (canonical)
Bektâş (romanization)

Turkish: Bektaş

→ Arabic: بَكْتَاش (baktāš)

→ English: Bektash

→ French: Bektach

→ German: Bektasch

Literally, “an equal in birth, station, or rank; or rather, an equal with a prince”. Cognate with Azerbaijani Bəktaş.


بكتاشی

head

بَكتاشی • (Bektâşî)

ota-adj

بَكتاشی • (Bektâşî)

بَكتاشی (canonical)
Bektâşî (romanization)


بكتاشی

head

بَكتاشی • (Bektâşî) (plural بَكتاشیلر (Bektâşîler))

بَكتاشی (canonical)
Bektâşî (romanization)
بَكتاشیلر (plural)

Turkish: Bektaşi

→ English: Bektashi

→ French: bektachi


بكتاشیلك

بَكتاشیلك • (Bektâşîlik)

ota-noun

بَكتاشیلك • (Bektâşîlik)

بَكتاشیلك (canonical)
Bektâşîlik (romanization)

بَكتاشی (Bektâşî) + ـلك (-lik)

af

بَكتاشی (Bektâşî) + ـلك (-lik)


العزیز

head

العزیز • (elʼazîz)

ota-proper noun

العزیز • (elʼazîz)

Turkish: Elâzığ

desc

→ Armenian: Էլազիզ (Ēlaziz), Էլյազիզ (Ēlyaziz)

The city was once a suburb of the ancient town of خرپوت (harput), largely destroyed during World War I, and gains its name after the creation of Mamuret-ul-Aziz vilayet from a part of the Diyarbekir vilayet, in honor of the sultan Abdulaziz. Subsequently, the name معمورةالعزیز (mamûretülʼazîz) came into use as an alternative name for خرپوت (harput) and it quickly evolved into the clipped form elʼazîz.

Central East Anatolia
Central East Anatolia#English

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

Abdulaziz
Diyarbekir vilayet
Mamuret-ul-Aziz vilayet


مقذ

Borrowed from Arabic مَقَذّ (maqaḏḏ, “part of the backhead between the ears”).

bor+

the hind part of the head located between the ears, where the lower fringe of the hair is commonly clipped


مقذ

Borrowed from Arabic مِقَذّ (miqaḏḏ, “instrument to cut into strips”).

kind of clipping instrument used to cut into strips


چفتجی

head

چفتجی • (çiftci)

Turkish: çiftçi

→ Albanian: çifçi

desc

→ Armenian: չիֆթճի (čʻiftʻči), ⇒ Չիֆթճյան (Čʻiftʻčyan)

From چفت (çift, “pair; yoke, team”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

farmer, agriculturist, husbandman, a person who raises crops and tends animals


پتك

head

پتك • (petek) (definite accusative پتكی (peteği), plural پتكلر (petekler))

petek (romanization)
پتكی (accusative definite)
پتكلر (plural)

Turkish: petek

Borrowed from Armenian փեթակ (pʻetʻak, “beehive”), itself from Old Armenian փեթակ (pʻetʻak), a word deriving from an unattested Iranian source related to Sanskrit पेटक (peṭaka, “little basket, casket, box”).

cog

hive, beehive, a man-made structure, usually built from clay, in which bees are kept for their honey

honeycomb, a substance made by bees from beeswax, which has exagonal cells to hold their larvae


پتك

head

پتك • (petk) (definite accusative پتكی (petği), plural پتكلر (petkler))

petk (romanization)
پتكی (accusative definite)
پتكلر (plural)

Borrowed from Persian پتک (potk, “sledgehammer”), itself from Middle Persian [script needed] (potk, “sledgehammer”).

der

sledgehammer, a hammer that consists of a heavy, broad and flat block of metal attached to a handle


نعللامق

Turkish: nallamak

→ Armenian: նալլամիշ (nallamiš)

From نعل (naʼl, “horseshoe”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to shoe, to put horseshoes on a horse

پیرهیی نعللامق

to attempt the impossible; to shoe a flea


صوی آت

From صوی (soy, “race, breed; lineage”) + آت (at, “horse”).

blood horse, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized stock


اعتذار

head

اعتذار • (i’tizâr) (definite accusative اعتذاری (i’tizârı), plural اعتذارلر (i’tizârlar))

i’tizâr (romanization)
اعتذاری (accusative definite)
اعتذارلر (plural)

Turkish: itizar

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِذَار (iʕtiḏār, “apology”), verbal noun of اِعْتَذَرَ (iʕtaḏara, “to apologize”).

bor+

apology, excuse, a plea offered in extenuation of a fault


ساقز

head

ساقز • (sakız) (definite accusative ساقزی (sakızı), plural ساقزلر (sakızlar))

sakız (romanization)
ساقزی (accusative definite)
ساقزلر (plural)

Turkish: sakız

→ Albanian: sakëz

→ Armenian: սախըզ (saxəz)

→ Bulgarian: сакъ́з (sakǎ́z)

→ Macedonian: саказ (sakaz)

→ Romanian: sacâz

desc

са̏каз//sȁkaz

→ Serbo-Croatian: са̏каз /sȁkaz

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sakïŕ (“gum, resin”); cognate with Azerbaijani saqqız, Bashkir һағыҙ (hağıź), Chuvash сухӑр (suh̬ăr), Kazakh сағыз (sağyz), Kyrgyz сагыз (sagız), Turkmen sakgyç, Uyghur سېغىز (sëghiz), Uzbek saqich and Yakut ыас (ıas).

ساقزلاندرمق

to make or let become sticky like mastic

resin, gum, a highly viscous secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees

mastic, a hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by the mastic-tree

masticatory, something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure


ساقز

head

ساقز • (sakız)

Turkish: Sakız

→ Armenian: Սախըզ (Saxəz)

Chios (an island in the Aegean Sea, Greece)


پختی

puhtı (romanization)
pıhtı (romanization)

Turkish: pıhtı

→ Macedonian: пивтија (pivtija)

Borrowed from Persian پختی (puxtī́, “gelatin, jelly”), a derivation from the verb پختن (poxtan, “to cook, broil, ripen”).

bor+

jelly, an elastic dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring

clot, curd, a solidified mass of any liquid and the final product of coagulation


مقره‌جی

مقرهجی (canonical)
makaracı (romanization)

Turkish: makaracı

From مقره (makara, “pulley; bobbin, spool”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

maker or seller of pulleys, blocks and similar contrivances


آرال

Turkish: aral

Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *aral (“island”). Compare other Turkic cognates like Kazakh арал (aral), Kyrgyz арал (aral), Uyghur ئارال (aral), Uzbek orol and Yakut арыы (arıı), all deriving from the same root.

archipelago, a group, chain, cluster, or collection of islands usually found in large amounts of water


لاطه

Turkish: lata

→ Armenian: լաթա (latʻa)

Borrowed from either French latte (“lath, slat”) or Italian latta (“tin, can”), both ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *lattō (“board, plank”).

lath, slat, a thin and narrow strip of wood fastened to the rafters, studs or beams of a building to support the tiles or shingles


یشیللنمك

Turkish: yeşillenmek

From یشیل (yeşil, “green, verdant”) + ـلنمك (-lenmek, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels).

(intransitive) to become green, verdant, especially with vegetation, leaves or grass

(intransitive, figuratively) to woo, court, to look, act or speak amorously to a woman


چفتجیلك

Turkish: çiftçilik

→ Albanian: çiftçillëk

From چفتجی (çiftci, “farmer, husbandman”) + ـلك (-lik, lük, “-ness, -ship, -hood”).

suf

agriculture, husbandry, agronomy, the occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer


دمیر بوزان

Turkish: demir bozan

From دمیر (demir, “iron”) + بوزان (bozan, “spoiling, ruining”).

antimony, stibium, a chemical element taking the form of a lustrous grey metal


فوچه

head

فوچه • (foça)

ota-proper noun

فوچه • (foça)

Turkish: Foça

→ Armenian: Ֆօչա (Fōčʻa)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Φώκαιᾰ (Phṓkaiă).

Foça (a town and district in İzmir province, Turkey)


لطیفه

head

لطیفه • (latife) (definite accusative لطیفهیی (latifeyi), plural لطیفهلر (latifeler))

latife (romanization)
لطیفهیی (accusative definite)
لطیفهلر (plural)

Turkish: latife

Borrowed from Arabic لَطِيفَة (laṭīfa, “witticism; joke, jest”), feminine singular form of لَطِيف (laṭīf, “pleasant, agreeable”).

bor+

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

witticism, quip, jibe, jeer, taunt, any scornful or mocking remark or reflection


آناختارجی

head

آناختارجی • (anahtarcı)

Turkish: anahtarcı

From آناختار (anahtar, “key”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).


براقمق

Gagauz: brakmaa

Turkish: bırakmak

→ Albanian: braktis

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bïrak- (“to abandon”); cognate with Azerbaijani buraxmaq, Bashkir [script needed] (bıraqtır-), Chuvash пӑрах (părah), Karakhanid [script needed] (bıraq-) and Yakut бырах (bıraq).

inh+

(transitive) to release, relinquish, let go (of), to cease to hold or contain

(transitive) to leave, to cause or allow something to remain as available

(transitive) to leave, depart, go away, to separate from a place or person

(transitive) to abandon, forsake, desert, to leave behind or permanently

(transitive) to quit, give up, to stop doing something, like smoking or drinking


كولخان

head

كولخان • (külhan)

Turkish: külhan

desc

→ Armenian: քիւլան (kʻiwlan), քիւլհան (kʻiwlhan)

→ Romanian: chiolhan

Borrowed from Persian گلخان (gulxân, “backroom”), a compound of گل (gul, “back”) + خان (xân, “place, house”).

bor+

the furnace located in a service room behind the walls, used to heat water which was then delivered to the steam room


پختیلانمق

head

پختیلانمق • (pıhtılanmak)

Turkish: pıhtılanmak

From پختی (pıhtı, “jelly; clot, curd”) + ـلانمق (-lanmak, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels).

affix

(intransitive) to coagulate, clot, to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass


صنعتكار

head

صنعتكار • (sanʼatkâr) (definitive accusative صنعتكاری (sanʼatkârı), plural صنعتكارلر (sanʼatkârlar))

sanʼatkâr (romanization)
صنعتكاری (accusative definitive)
صنعتكارلر (plural)

Turkish: sanatkâr

Compound of صنعت (sanʼat, “art, trade, craft”) + كار (kâr, “work, job, occupation”). Compare Azerbaijani sənətkar, Northern Kurdish sinetkar, Uyghur سەنئەتكار (sen'etkar) and Uzbek san'atkor for similar formations.

com+

artisan, craftsman, a person who creates objects partly or entirely by hand

artist, a person who creates art as an occupation, like a sculptor or painter


مساحه شریدی

Turkish: mesaha şeridi

From مساحه (mesaha, “survey”) + شریت (şerit, “tape”).

compound

tape measure, measuring tape, a graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths


تونج ایلی

head

تونج ایلی • (tunc eli)

ota-proper noun

تونج ایلی • (tunc eli)

Turkish: Tunceli

From تونج (tunc), variant of توج (tuc, “bronze”), + ایل (il, el, “country; tribe, nation”). Before 1935 the province was known as درسم (dersim), while the city was called قلان (kalan), but since both names were deemed non-Turkish the government changed them to the current one.

(obsolete)

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


كولكه‌لو

head

گولگهلو • (gölgeli)

ota-adj

گولگهلو • (gölgeli)

گولگهلو (canonical)
gölgeli (romanization)

Turkish: gölgeli

From گولگه (gölge, “shadow, shade”) + ـلو (li, -lı, “-ous, -ed”).

affix

shaded, shady, umbrageous, being in the shade, not in direct light


تذكره‌جی

تذكرهجی (canonical)
tezkereci (romanization)

Turkish: tezkereci

desc

→ Armenian: թէզքէրէճի (tʻēzkʻērēči)

→ Armenian: թէզքէրէճի (tʻēzkʻērēči)

From تذكره (tezkere, “note; licence, permit; discharge papers”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

clerk or officer who is in charge of writing notes, permits or other official documents

(historical) the name given to the private secretary of a vizier or grand vizier


باشمق

head

باشمق • (başmak) (definite accusative باشمغی (başmağı), plural باشمقلر (başmaklar))

başmak (romanization)
باشمغی (accusative definite)
باشمقلر (plural)

Turkish: başmak

desc

→ Armenian: պաշմաք (pašmakʻ), պաշմախ (pašmax)

→ Ukrainian: башмак (bašmak)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *baĺmak (“shoe, slipper”); cognate with Azerbaijani başmaq, Chuvash пушмак (pušmak), Kumyk башмакъ (başmaq), Southern Altai башмак (bašmak) and Tatar башмак (başmaq).

inh+

shoe, a protective covering for the foot, but especially flat-bottomed ones, like slippers, babouches, or pantofles


غوندول

head

غوندول • (gondol) (definite accusative غوندولی (gondolu), plural غوندوللر (gondollar))

gondol (romanization)
غوندولی (accusative definite)
غوندوللر (plural)

Turkish: gondol

→ Armenian: կօնտօլ (kōntōl)

Borrowed from Venetan góndoła (“gondola”), itself from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “cutter, a kind of ship”).

der

gondola, a long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, typical of Venice


مانداللامق

Turkish: mandallamak

From ماندال (mandal, “latch, bolt”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to latch, bolt, bar, to close or lock a door as if with a latch

(transitive, nautical) to belay, to fasten a rope by turning it around a cleat

(transitive, nautical) to toggle, to fix fast using a wooden or metal pin

(transitive, nautical) to fid, to secure or support a topmast usign a fid


صنعتكارلق

head

صنعتكارلق • (sanʼatkârlık)

Turkish: sanatkârlık

From صنعتكار (sanʼatkâr, “artisan; artist”) + ـلق (-lık, -luk, “-ness”).

suf

artisanship, craftsmanship, the quality of being a craftsman

artistry, the profession, calling, or quality of being an artist


خسته ایتمك

Turkish: hasta etmek

From خسته (hasta, “sick, ill”) + ایتمك (etmek, “to do; to make”).

(transitive) to sicken, to make someone ill or sick


پشتخته

head

پشتخته • (peştahta) (definite accusative پشتختهیی (peştahtayı), plural پشتختهلر (peştahtalar))

peştahta (romanization)
پشتختهیی (accusative definite)
پشتختهلر (plural)

Turkish: peştahta

→ Albanian: peshtaf

→ Armenian: փեշթախթա (pʻeštʻaxtʻa)

→ Georgian: ფიშტახტი (pišṭaxṭi)

→ Greek: μπεζαχτάς (bezachtás)

→ Serbo-Croatian: pèštahta, пѐштахта

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیشْتَخْتَه (pēštaxta).

bor+

counter, a table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted

mantelshelf, mantelpiece, a wooden or marble shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace


غومنه

head

غومنه • (gomena or gumena) (definite accusative غومنهیی (gomenayı), plural غومنهلر (gomenalar))

gomena (romanization)
gumena (romanization)
غومنهیی (accusative definite)
غومنهلر (plural)

Turkish: gomena

Borrowed from Italian gomena (“hawser”), itself from Arabic جُمَان (jumān, “tassel, puff”). Doublet of جمان (cuman, “silver beads”).

(nautical) cable, a strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship


لطیفه‌جی

لطیفهجی (canonical)
latifeci (romanization)

Turkish: latifeci

→ Armenian: լաթիֆէճի (latʻifēči)

From لطیفه (latife, “joke, prank, jest”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

joker, prankster, jester, one who habitually makes jokes, pranks, or jests


سوموك

head

سوموك • (sümük) (definite accusative سوموكی (sümüğü), plural سوموكلر (sümükler))

sümük (romanization)
سوموكی (accusative definite)
سوموكلر (plural)

Turkish: sümük

→ Armenian: սիւմիւք (siwmiwkʻ)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *simük or *sümkürük (“snot, mucus”), a derivation from *simki- (“to blow one's nose”), whence سومكورمك (sümkürmek, “to blow one's nose”).

mucus, snot, snivel, a viscous, slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes


سوموك

Turkish: sümük

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *siŋük; cognate with Azerbaijani sümük, Bashkir һөйәк (höyək), Chuvash шӑмӑ (šămă), Kazakh сүйек (süiek), Kyrgyz сүйөк (süyök), Turkmen süňk, Uyghur سۆڭەك (sö'ngek), Uzbek suyak and Yakut уҥуох (uñuoq).

bone, any of the components of an endoskeleton consisting of calcium phosphate and collagen


قورتلانمق

Turkish: kurtlanmak

From قورت (kurt, “wolf; worm, maggot”) + ـلانمق (-lanmak, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels).

affix

(intransitive) to become infested with worms, maggots, grubs, or similar pests


یشیللك

Turkish: yeşillik

From یشیل (yeşil, “green”) + ـلك (-lik, lük, “-ness, -ship, -hood”).

suf

greenness, the state or quality of being green in color

greenery, verdure, all the vegetation with green foliage


صراجه اوتی

head

صراجه اوتی • (sıraca otu)

ota-noun

صراجه اوتی • (sıraca otu)

Turkish: sıraca otu

From صراجه (sıraca, “scrofula”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”).

figwort, any of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia


آونمق

Turkish: avunmak

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iabïn-, from Proto-Turkic *iabï-. Related with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰃𐰨𐰆 (abïnču, “concubine”).

to be occupied with something in the mind


حقه

head

حقه • (hokka) (definite accusative حقهیی (hokkayı), plural حقق (hukak))

hokka (romanization)
حقهیی (accusative definite)
حقق (plural)

Turkish: hokka

→ Albanian: hokë

Borrowed from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, “case, box, casket”).

bor+

pot, a small, open-topped container made of clay, ceramic, or glass for storing materials or substances

inkwell, inkpot, a container for ink, designed so that a person may conveniently dip a pen into it


اسقومری

Turkish: uskumru

desc

→ Armenian: ըսղումրի (əsġumri), իւսկիւմրիւ (iwskiwmriw), իւսկիւմրի (iwskiwmri)

→ Egyptian Arabic: [script needed] (iskumrî, sukumrî, kaskumrî)

→ Middle Armenian: ուսկումրի (uskumri) (15th century)

Armenian: ուսկումրի (uskumri), ուսգումրի (usgumri)

Borrowed from Greek σκουμπρί (skoumprí).


خوناز

Turkish: Honaz

From Byzantine Greek Χονάι (Khonái). In antiquity this place was known as Κολοσσαί (Kolossaí).

Honaz (a town and district in Denizli province, Turkey)


باشمقجی

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باشمقجی • (başmakcı)

Turkish: başmakçı

From باشمق (başmak, “flat shoe, like slippers or babouches”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

shoemaker, a maker or seller of shoes, especially slippers, babouches and pantofles


باشمقجی

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باشمقجی • (başmakcı)

ota-proper noun

باشمقجی • (başmakcı)

Turkish: Başmakçı

Başmakçı (a town and district in Afyonkarahisar province, Turkey)


چاقمق

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چاقمق • (çakmak)

Turkish: çakmak

→ Armenian: չախմիշ (čʻaxmiš)

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish چَاقْمَقْ (çaqmaq), from Proto-Turkic *č(i)ak- (“to hit, strike”); cognate with Azerbaijani çaxmaq.

inh

(transitive) to drive, nail, to provide an impetus for motion or other physical change

(transitive) to strike, to cause or produce suddenly by a stroke, as fire by friction

(transitive) to snap at someone or something, to attempt to seize or bite with the teeth

(transitive, figuratively) to obstentatiously exhibit subservient devotion towards a superior


آلتونلمق

From آلتون (altın, “gold”) + ـلمق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

suffix

(transitive) to gild, to cover, adorn, or decorate with a thin layer of gold


چاغرغان

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چاغرغان • (çağırgan)

ota-adj

چاغرغان • (çağırgan)

Turkish: çağırgan

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

suf

vociferous, clamorous, making or characterized by a noisy outcry


ساقز آغاجی

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ساقز آغاجی • (sakız ağacı)

ota-noun

ساقز آغاجی • (sakız ağacı)

Turkish: sakız ağacı

→ Armenian: սախըզ աղաճի (saxəz aġači)

From ساقز (sakız, “resin, gum; mastic”) + آغاج (ağac, “tree”).

Pistacia lentiscus
Pistacia lentiscus#Translingual

lentisk, mastic, an evergreen shrub or small tree of the species Pistacia lentiscus


افسانوی

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افسانوی • (efsanevî)

ota-adj

افسانوی • (efsanevî)

Turkish: efsanevi

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَفْسَانَوِی (afsānawī).

bor+

اَفْسَانَوِی


عثمانلو

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عثمانلو • (osmânlı)

ota-adj

عثمانلو • (osmânlı)


قیرمق

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قیرمق • (kırmak)

ota-verb

قیرمق • (kırmak)

Gagauz: kırmaa

Turkish: kırmak

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→ Armenian: խըռմիշ (xəṙmiš), կըռմիշ (kəṙmiš)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïr- (“to break”); cognate with Azerbaijani qırmaq, Bashkir ҡырыу (qırıw), Chuvash хир (hir), Kazakh қыру (qyru), Kyrgyz кыруу (kıruu), Turkmen gyrmak, Uyghur قىرماق (qirmaq), Uzbek qirmoq and Yakut кырый (kırıy).

inh+

(transitive) to break, fracture, crack, to separate into two or more pieces under force, stress, or pressure

hurt someone's feelings
hurt someone's feelings

(transitive, figuratively) to offend, to wound or hurt someone's feelings, to cause somebody emotional pain

(transitive) to fold, crease, pleat, to bend any thin material over so that it comes in contact with itself

(transitive, of war, diseases, or cold) to decimate, massacre, devastate, to kill in considerable numbers

(transitive) to abate, mitigate, relieve, soothe, assuage, alleviate, to lessen something in force or intensity

(transitive) to abate, discount, rebate, to lower, diminish, reduce, or cut something in price or value


یوزغاد

Turkish: Yozgat

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Armenian: Եօզկաթ (Eōzkatʻ), Եօզղաթ (Eōzġatʻ), Եօզղատ (Eōzġat), Եօզկատ (Eōzkat)

(obsolete)

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


ایرجی

Turkish: eyerci

→⇒ Armenian: Էյերճյան (Ēyerčyan)

From ایر (eyer, “saddle”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

saddler, saddlemaker, someone who makes, repairs and sells saddles


دیشلمك

Turkish: dişlemek

From دیش (diş, “tooth”) + ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives). Compare Azerbaijani dişləmək and Crimean Tatar tişlemek.

(transitive) to bite, to cut into or hold something by clamping the teeth

(transitive) to nibble, to bite lightly, to take small bites out of something


قیران

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قیران • (kıran)

From قیرـ (kır-, “to break, crack; decimate”) + ـان (-an).

suffix

breaking, fracturing, cracking, that breaks, fractures, or cracks

decimating, massacring, devastating, that decimates, massacres, or devastates


قیران

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قیران • (kıran) (definite accusative قیرانی (kıranı), plural قیرانلر (kıranlar))

kıran (romanization)
قیرانی (accusative definite)
قیرانلر (plural)

Turkish: kıran

murrain, epizootic, any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle


عقل دیشی

عقل دیشی • (ʼakıl dişi)

ota-noun

عقل دیشی • (ʼakıl dişi)

Turkish: akıl dişi

From عقل (ʼakıl, “wisdom, sapience”) + دیش (diş, “tooth”).

wisdom tooth, one of the four rearmost molars in humans, which typically develop between ages 18-24


یاپونجه

yapunca (romanization)
yapınca (romanization)

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→ Armenian: յափունճա (yapʻunča), յափունջա (yapʻunǰa)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: јапу̀нџе

Latin script: japùndže

Slaveno-Serbian: япундже

A derivation from Proto-Turkic *yap- (“to cover, close”). Related to dialectal Turkish yapıncak. Compare also Old East Slavic япончица (japončica), япанча (japanča), whence Russian епанча́ (jepančá), епа́нча (jepánča), опонча́ (opončá), опо́нча (opónča), Ukrainian опанча́ (opančá), опонча́ (opončá), Belarusian апанча (apanča), Old Belarusian епонча (eponča), епанча (epanča), опонча (oponča), опанча (opanča).


یپونجه

Alternative spelling of یاپونجه (yapunca, yapınca)


یغمورلق

Alternative spelling of یاغمورلق (yağmurluk)


مشاعره

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مشاعره • (müşâare)

ota-noun

مشاعره • (müşâare)

Borrowed from Arabic مُشَاعَرَة (mušāʕara).


قریم

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قریم • (kırım)

Turkish: Kırım

→ Armenian: Խըրըմ (Xərəm)

Ultimately from Crimean Tatar Qırım (“Crimea”).

Crimea (a peninsula in the Black Sea, Europe, officially part of Ukraine, annexed by Russia).


منجنیقجی

منجنیقجی • (mancınıkcı)

Turkish: mancınıkçı

From منجنیق (mancınık, “trebuchet, ballista, catapult”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

suffix

catapulter, a worker of trebuchets, ballistas, catapults, or similar siege engines


اورغان

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اورغان • (urgan) (definite accusative اورغانی (urganı), plural اورغانلر (urganlar))

urgan (romanization)
اورغانی (accusative definite)
اورغانلر (plural)

Turkish: urgan

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *urkan (“rope”); cognate with Azerbaijani urğan, Salar urqan, Turkmen urgan and, more distantly, with Bashkir арҡан (arqan), Kazakh арқан (arqan), Kyrgyz аркан (arkan), Southern Altai аркан (arkan), Uyghur ئارقان (arqan), Uzbek arqon.

inh+

sort of stout or large rope, especially a small hawser


پداوره

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پداوره • (pedavra or padavra) (definite accusative پداورهیی (pedavrayı), plural پداورهلر (pedavralar))

pedavra (romanization)
padavra (romanization)
پداورهیی (accusative definite)
پداورهلر (plural)

Turkish: padavra

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πέταυρον (pétauron), variant of πέτευρον (péteuron, “springboard; platform, stage”).

shingle, a thin piece of building material for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof


یاشمقلانمق

Turkish: yaşmaklanmak

From یاشمق (yaşmak, “veil”) + ـلانمق (-lanmak, suffix forming passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels).

affix

(intransitive) to put on or wear one's veil, to become veiled or covered with a veil


طاشاقسز

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طاشاقسز • (taşaksız)

From طاشاق (taşak, “testicle”) + ـسز (-sız, -suz, “-less”).

suffix

testicleless, ball-less, without testicles or balls