یلدز

Ottoman Turkish

یلدز

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yulduŕ (“star”); cognate with Azerbaijani ulduz, Bashkir йондоҙ (yondoź), 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
  • → Armenian: եըլտըզ (eəltəz)

Further reading

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