اوزون

See also: اوْزوْن and أوزون

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *uŕun (long); cognate with Azerbaijani uzun, Chuvash вӑрӑм (vărăm), Kazakh ұзын (ūzyn), Kumyk узун (uzun), Kyrgyz узун (uzun), Turkmen uzyn, Uyghur ئۇزۇن (uzun), Uzbek uzun and Yakut уһун (uhun).

Adjective

اوزون • (uzun)

  1. long, elongated, having much distance in space from one end to the other, specifically in a horizontal dimension
    Synonyms: دراز (dirâz), طویل (tevil)
  2. long, lengthy, prolonged, protracted, longsome, having great duration, protracting for a long period of time
    Synonym: طویل (tevil)
  3. (of a person) tall, having a vertical extent greater than the average, having a relatively great height
    Synonyms: اوزون بویلو (uzun boylu), بزرك (büzürg)

Derived terms

  • الی اوزون (eli uzun, long-handed)
  • اوزون اشك (uzun eşek, leapfrog)
  • اوزون اوزادی (uzun uzadı, for a long time continuously)
  • اوزون ایتمك (uzun etmek, to go extremes)
  • اوزون ببر (uzun biber, kind of long variety of pepper)
  • اوزون بویلو (uzun boylu, tall of stature)
  • اوزون شاپقه (uzun şapka, gibus)
  • اوزون طوتمق (uzun tutmak, to prolong)
  • اوزون قولاقدن خبر آلمق (uzun kulakdan haber almak, to be informed unexpectedly or indirectly)
  • اوزون كونلر (uzun günler, the longest days of the year)
  • اوزون كوپری (uzun köprü, Uzunköprü, a district in Turkey)
  • اوزون یول (uzun yol, a long way)
  • اوزونجه (uzunca, longish)
  • اوزونرق (uzunrak, longer, taller)
  • اوزونلشمق (uzunlaşmak, to become long)
  • اوزونلق (uzunluk, length)
  • اوپ اوزون (up uzun, very long)
  • عقلی اوزون (ʼaklı uzun, perceptive, perspicacious)

Descendants

  • Turkish: uzun
  • Aromanian: uzún
  • Bulgarian: узу́н (uzún)
  • Middle Armenian: Ուզուն (Uzun)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: у̀зун
    Latin script: ùzun

Further reading