بكز
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *beŋiŕ (“face”). [1]
Noun
بڭز • (beñiz)
- complexion (face colour)
Derived terms
- بت بڭز (bet beñiz)
Descendants
- Turkish: beniz
References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bEŋiŕ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بكز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 390