بزك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bezek (“decoration, ornament”),[1] a derivation from *beze- (“to decorate”).

Cognates

Cognate with Bashkir биҙәк (biźək), Kazakh безек (bezek), Old Uyghur [script needed] (bezäk), Tatar бизәк (bizäk), Uyghur بېزەك (bëzek) and Uzbek bezak.

Noun

بزك • (bezek) (definite accusative بزكی (bezeği), plural بزكلر (bezekler))

  1. ornament, decoration, embellishment, garnish, any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies
    Synonyms: آرایش (arayış), زینت (ziynet), زیور (ziver), سوس (süs)

Derived terms

  • بزكجی (bezekci, “professional adorner of women”)
  • بزه‌مك (bezemek, “to adorn, embellish”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: bezek

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bezek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 391

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