یلدز

Ottoman Turkish

یلدز

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yulduŕ (“star”); cognate with Azerbaijani ulduz, Bashkir йондоҙ (yondoð), Chuvash ҫӑлтӑр (śălt̬ăr), Kazakh жұлдыз (jūldyz), Kyrgyz жылдыз (jıldız), Tatar йолдыз (yoldız), Turkmen ýyldyz, Uyghur يۇلتۇز‎ (yultuz) and Uzbek yulduz.

Noun

یلدز • (yıldız)

  1. (astronomy) star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma
    Synonyms: اختر‎ (ahter), ستاره‎ (sitāre), نجم‎ (necm)
  2. north, the compass point directed toward the North Pole
  3. asterisk, the symbol *, used for various purposes

Derived terms

  • آق یلدز‎ (ak yıldız, “morning star”)
  • قویروقلو یلدز‎ (kuyruklu yıldız, “comet”)
  • یلدز بوجكی‎ (yıldız böceği, “glowworm”)
  • یلدز طاشی‎ (yıldız taşı, “aventurine”)
  • یلدز قوردی‎ (yıldız kurdu, “glowworm”)
  • یلدز چیچكی‎ (yıldız çiçeği, “dahlia”)
  • یلدز یلی‎ (yıldız yeli, “north wind”)
  • یلدزلو‎ (yıldızlı, “starred”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yıldız

Further reading

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