طالاز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • تالاز (talaz), تالاس (talas), طلاس (talas), طلس (talas), طلص (talas)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طلز (talaz, “billow, foaming wave”), from Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa, “sea”).

Noun

طالاز • (talaz) (definite accusative طالازی (talazı), plural طالازلر (talazlar))

  1. billow, breaker, any large and foaming wave or undulating mass of water

Derived terms

  • طالازلانمق (talazlanmak, “to billow”)
  • طالازلق (talazlık, “swell of water, surge”)
  • طالازلو (talazlı, “billowy”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: talaz
  • → Albanian: tallaz
  • → Aromanian: tãlazi
  • → Bulgarian: тала́з (taláz)
  • → Northern Kurdish: talaz
  • → Romanian: talaz
  • → Serbo-Croatian: tȁlās / та̏ла̄с
  • → Zazaki: talaz

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