توی

Ottoman Turkish
توی

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tǖk (“hair, feather”); cognate with Azerbaijani tük (“hair”), Bashkir төк (tök), Chuvash тӗк (tĕk), Kazakh түк (tük), Kyrgyz түк (tük), Turkmen tüý, Uyghur تۈك (tük), Uzbek tuk and Yakut түү (tüü).

Noun

توی • (tüy)

  1. body hair, the hair of the body as opposed to facial hair and headhair
  2. feather, a branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds
  3. down, the soft, fluffy, immature feathers which grow on young birds
  4. quill, the lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs

Coordinate terms
  • صاچ (saç, “hair on the head”)
  • قیل (kıl, “hair, bristle”)

Derived terms
  • باش تویی (baş tüyü, “crest feathers”)
  • توی توس (tüy tüs, “hair and down”)
  • توی دوكمك (tüy dökmek, “to moult”)
  • توی قلم (tüy kalem, “quill pen”)
  • توی یولمق (tüy yolmak, “to pluck feathers”)
  • تویجكز (tüyceğiz, “small or pet hair”)
  • تویسز (tüysüz, “hairless; featherless”)
  • تویلنمك (tüylenmek, “to become covered with hairs”)
  • تویلو (tüylü, “feathered; furry”)
  • تویی دوزمك (tüyü düzmek, “to get the coat in good condition”)
  • دوه تویی (deve tüyü, “fawn color”)
  • صیچان تویی (sıçan tüyü, “mouse color”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: tüy
  • Gagauz: tüy
  • → Armenian: թո̈ւյ (tʻüy)

Further reading
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