ترازو
See also: تزارو
Ottoman Turkish
ترازو
Noun
ترازو • (tarazu or terazi)
- balance, pair of scales, a device for measuring weight
- Synonym: میزان (mizan)
- (by extension) any weighing or measuring apparatus
- (astronomy) Libra, a constellation of the Zodiac
- Synonym: میزان (mizan)
- (astrology) Libra, the zodiac sign for the scales
- Synonym: میزان (mizan)
- (figuratively) balance, equality, equilibrium, stability
Derived terms
- ترازو شاهینی (terazi şahini, “tongue of a balance”)
- ترازوسز (terazisiz, “without balance, unequal”)
- ترازولو (terazili, “well-balanced, equal”)
- صو ترازوسی (su terazisi, “water-balance”)
- صیجاق ترازوسی (sıcak terazisi, “thermometer”)
- هوا ترازوسی (hava terazisi, “barometer”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “terazi2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4747
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ترازو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 358
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Libra”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 947
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ترازو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1136
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “terazi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ترازو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 525
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Term?] (/tarāzūg/, “scales”) (compare Parthian [script needed] (talāzūg)), borrowed from Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀.𐬀𐬰𐬎 (tara.azu). Compare Sanskrit तुला (tulā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ta.ɾɑː.ˈzuː]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.zúː]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.zúː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔː.zú]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹɒː.zúː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔ.zú]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tarāzū |
| Dari reading? | tarāzū |
| Iranian reading? | tarâzu |
| Tajik reading? | tarozu |
Noun
| Dari | ترازو |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | тарозу |
ترازو • (tarâzu)
- balance, scales
- Synonym: (dated) میزان (mizân)
- c. 1260, Rumi, “4:634”, in The Masnavi:
- اندر آن کفهی ترازو ز اعتداد، او به جای سنگ آن گل را نهاد.
- andar ân kaffe-ye tarâzu z-e'tedâd, u be jâ-ye sang ân gel-râ nehâd.
- He placed the clay, because of its being ready [to his hand], in one scale of the balance instead of the [proper] weight.
- (figurative) equilibrium, balance
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: tərəzi
- → Chagatai: ترازو (tarāzū)
- → Bengali: তরাজূ (tôrazū)
- → Chechen: терза (terza)
- → Chuvash: тараса (taras̬a)
- → Crimean Tatar: teraze
- → Georgian: თარაზო (tarazo)
- → Gujarati: ત્રાજવું (trājvũ)
- → Hindustani:
- → Ingush: тараз (taraz)
- → Khmer: ត្រាជូ (traacuu)
- → Kumyk: терезе (tereze)
- → Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: terazî
- Central Kurdish: تەرازوو (terazû)
- → Classical Malay: تراجو (teraju)
- Indonesian: teraju
- Malay: teraju
- → Marathi: तराजू (tarājū)
- → Nepali: तराजु (tarāju)
- → Odia: ତରାଜୁ (tôraju)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ترازو (terazu)
- → Telugu: తరాజు (tarāju)
- → Thai: ตราชู (dtraa-chuu)
- → Ukrainian: терези (terezy)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ترازو (tarāzū).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ə.ɾɑː.zuː/
Synonyms
- تلا (tulā)
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