قیو

Ottoman Turkish
قیو

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kudug (“well”); cognate with Azerbaijani quyu, Bashkir ҡоҙоҡ (qoðoq), Kazakh құдық (qūdyq), Kyrgyz кудук (kuduk), Tatar кое (qoye), Turkmen guýy, Uyghur قۇدۇق‎ (quduq), Uzbek quduq and Yakut кудук (kuduk).

Noun

قیو • (kuyu)

  1. well, a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water or other fluids
    Synonyms: بیر‎ (bir), چاه‎ (çah)
  2. shaft, pit, a vertical passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine

Derived terms
  • زنجیرلو قیو‎ (zincirli kuyu, “well worked by a well-sweep and chain”)
  • قار قیوسی‎ (kar kuyusu, “snowpit”)
  • قیو صویی‎ (kuyu suyu, “hard water”)
  • قیو قازمق‎ (kuyu kazmak, “to work against someone”)
  • قیو كناری‎ (kuyu kenarı, “stone forming the edge of a well”)
  • قیو گبی‎ (kuyu gibi, “gloomy, dark”)
  • قیوجق‎ (kuyucuk, “little well or pit”)
  • قیوجی‎ (kuyucu, “well-digger”)
  • كیرچ قیوسی‎ (kireç kuyusu, “pit into which lime is run”)
  • لغم قیوسی‎ (lağım kuyusu, “sinkhole to a sewer”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: kuyu

Further reading
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