"töz" meaning in Turkish

See töz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tœz/ Forms: tözü [accusative, definite], tözler [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Uyghur 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽴 (twyz /⁠töz⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *töŕ. Reintroduced to the language during 1940s as a replacement for cevher, a borrowing from Arabic. Etymology templates: {{lbor|tr|oui|𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽴|ts=töz}} Learned borrowing from Old Uyghur 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽴 (twyz /⁠töz⁠/), {{der|tr|trk-pro|*töŕ}} Proto-Turkic *töŕ Head templates: {{head|tr|noun|definite accusative|tözü|||plural|tözler|f1accel-form=def|acc|s|f1request=1|f3accel-form=nom|p|f3request=1|head=|sort=}} töz (definite accusative tözü, plural tözler), {{tr-noun|ü|ler}} töz (definite accusative tözü, plural tözler)
  1. (philosophy) essence, substance Synonyms: cevher
    Sense id: en-töz-tr-noun-2rB9IILD Categories (other): Philosophy, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  2. (rare) principle Tags: rare Synonyms: umde, ilke
    Sense id: en-töz-tr-noun-dj8iI69C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kulak tozu, türemek
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      "name": "lbor"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tœz/"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/tœz/"
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}

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