دكز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

دكیز (deñiz)
տէնկիզ (dengiz /⁠deñiz⁠/)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *teŋiŕ.

Noun

دڭز • (deñiz)

sea
Synonyms: بحر, دریا

ایچ دکز ― iç deñiz ― inland sea

سرت دکز ― sert deñiz ― rough sea

Derived terms

شاب دكزی (şab deñizi, “Red Sea”, literally “Alum Sea”)
دكز قویونی (deñiz koyunu, “fur seal”, literally “sea sheep”)

Descendants

Turkish: deniz

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دكز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 576
Redhouse, J. W. (1884) “sea”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 667

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