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yüz

yüz

See also: ýüz and ÿüz

Crimean Tatar

Numeral

yüz

  1. (cardinal) hundred.

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic yüz, from Proto-Turkic *hüz, *jǖŕ (face).

Noun

yüz

  1. face
Synonyms



Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish يوز (yüz, hundred), from Old Turkic 𐰘𐰇𐰕 (Y²ÜZ, hundred), from Proto-Turkic *jǖŕ (hundred), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly derived from Proto-Altaic *ǯi̯ōŕo (a big number).[1] Compare Japanese よろず (yorozu, large number, ten thousand), Korean (yeol, ten).

Cognate with Chuvash ҫӗр (śĕr, hundred), Kazakh жүз (jüz, hundred), Kyrgyz жүз (cüz, hundred), Turkmen ýüz (hundred), Tuvan чүс (čüs, hundred), Uzbek yuz (hundred), Yakut сүүс (süüs, hundred).

Noun

yüz (definite accusative yüzü, plural yüzler)

  1. (cardinal) hundred
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰕 (yüz, face), from Proto-Turkic *jǖŕ (face), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly derived from Proto-Altaic *nī́bŕo (face, resemblance).[2] Compare Mongolian нүүр (nüür, face).

Cognate with Chuvash ҫӑвар (śăvar, mouth), Kyrgyz жүз (cüz, face), Turkmen ýüz (face, surface), Uzbek yuz (face, cheek), Yakut сүүс (süüs, forehead).

Noun

yüz (definite accusative yüzü, plural yüzler)

  1. (anatomy) face
  2. lining
  3. face, surface, cutting edge
  4. side, aspect
  5. sense of shame, shame
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Etymology 3

Verb

yüz

  1. second-person singular imperative of yüzmek (to swim)
  2. second-person singular imperative of yüzmek (to flay)

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*ǯi̯ōŕo”
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*nī́bŕo”