ساقز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sakïŕ (gum, resin); cognate with Azerbaijani saqqız, Bashkir һағыҙ (hağıź), Chuvash сухӑр (suh̬ăr), Kazakh сағыз (sağyz), Kyrgyz сагыз (sagız), Turkmen sakgyç, Uyghur سېغىز (sëghiz), Uzbek saqich and Yakut ыас (ıas).

Noun

ساقز • (sakız) (definite accusative ساقزی (sakızı), plural ساقزلر (sakızlar))

  1. resin, gum, a highly viscous secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees
    Synonyms: راتینج (ratinec), رچینه (reçine)
  2. mastic, a hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by the mastic-tree
    Synonym: ماستقه (mastıka)
  3. masticatory, something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure

Derived terms

  • آردج ساقزی (ardıc sakızı, gum juniper, sandarac)
  • آغزدن ساقز آولامق (ağızdan sakız avlamak, to elicit)
  • ساقز آطه‌سی (sakız adası, Chios, a Greek island)
  • ساقز آغاجی (sakız ağacı, mastic tree, lentisk)
  • ساقز بادمی (sakız bademi, kind of almond)
  • ساقز دیكنی (sakız dikeni, distaff thistle)
  • ساقز راقیسی (sakız rakisi, mastika)
  • ساقز لبلبیسی (sakız leblebisi, kind of pea roasted with salt)
  • ساقز مرهمی (sakız merhemi, pitch plaster)
  • ساقزلاندرمق (sakızlandırmak, to make or let become sticky like mastic)
  • ساقزلانمق (sakızlanmak, to become sticky like mastic)
  • ساقزلو (sakızlı, resinous, mixed with resin or mastic)
  • قره ساقز (kara sakız, pitch)
  • لبان ساقزی (luban sakızı, benzoin)
  • چام ساقزی (çam sakızı, pine resin)
  • چكه ساقزی (çeñe sakızı, a saying that is always in one's mouth)
  • یر ساقزی (yer sakızı, mineral pitch, bitumen)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sakız
  • Albanian: sakëz
  • Armenian: սախըզ (saxəz)
  • Bulgarian: сакъ́з (sakǎ́z)
  • Macedonian: саказ (sakaz)
  • Romanian: sacâz
  • Serbo-Croatian: са̏каз / sȁkaz

Proper noun

ساقز • (sakız)

  1. Chios (an island in the Aegean Sea, Greece)
    Synonym: ساقز آطه‌سی (sakız adası)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Sakız
  • Armenian: Սախըզ (Saxəz)

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