كز

See also: کژ, کر, گر, کز, and گز

Chagatai

Etymology

Compare Tofa кес (“arrow notch”), Tuvan кес (kes, “arrow notch”)

Noun

كز (kez) (plural كزلار)

  1. arrow, or a particular slim type thereof

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *keŕ (“nock, notch of an arrow”); cognate with Azerbaijani gəz, Bashkir: гиз (giz), Kazakh кез (kez), Tatar [script needed] (kirtü) and Tuvan кес (kes).

Noun

گز • (gez)

  1. nock, the notch at the rearmost end of an arrow that fits on the bowstring
    Synonym: سوفار (sufar)
  2. plummet, plumb line, a cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line
    Synonyms: اسقندیل (iskandil), سونده (sonda), شاقول (şakul), مطمار (mıtmar)
Derived terms
  • گز اورمق (gez urmak, “to put the plummet to”)
  • گزلتمك (gezletmek, “to make or let be notched”)
  • گزلمك (gezlemek, “to notch an arrow”)
  • گزلو (gezli, “notched, provided with nocks”)
  • كرتمك (kertmek, “to notch”)
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Of Proto-Turkic origin. Cognate with Chagatai گز (gez) and Kazakh кез (kez).

Noun

گز • (gez)

  1. time, an instance or repetition of something happening
    Synonyms: دفعه (defʾa), كره (kerre), نوبت (nevbet, nöbet)
Derived terms
  • بوگز (bugez, “this time”)
  • هرگز (hergez, “always”)
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian ghis, itself from Dutch giek.

Alternative forms

  • گیز (giz)

Noun

گز • (giz)

  1. a main boom, a diagonal beam on which a sail is attached, gaff
    Synonym: پیك (pik)
Descendants

Etymology 4

From Persian گز (gaz).

Noun

گز • (gez)

  1. tamarisk (Tamarix spp.)
    Synonyms: آج (ac), ایلغین (ılğın)
  2. manna ash (Fraxinus ornus)
Descendants
  • Turkish: gez
  • → Crimean Tatar: gez

References

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