یلدز

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

یلدز • (yılduz, yulduz)

  1. alternative spelling of یلدوز (yılduz)

Further reading

  • “yılduz”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “yıldız”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • یلدیز (yıldız)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یلدوز (yılduz, yulduz, “star”), from Proto-Turkic *yulduŕ (“star”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani ulduz, Bashkir йондоҙ (yondoź), Kazakh жұлдыз (jūldyz), Kyrgyz жылдыз (jıldız), Old Turkic 𐰖𐰆𐰡𐰔 (yultuz), Old Uyghur 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽴 (yultuz), Turkmen ýyldyz, Uyghur يۇلتۇز (yultuz), Uzbek yulduz and Yakut сулус (sulus).

Noun

یلدز • (yıldız) (definite accusative یلدزی (yıldızı), plural یلدزلر (yıldızlar))

  1. (astronomy) star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma with sufficient gravity to fuse hydrogen or heavier elements into heavier elements still
    Synonyms: اختر (ahter), ستاره (sitare), كوكب (kevkeb), نجم (necm)
  2. north, the cardinal direction or compass point directed toward the North Pole, the opposite of south and perpendicular to east and west
    Synonym: شمال (şimal)
  3. asterisk, the star-shaped symbol *, which is used in printing and writing for various purposes, including to refer a reader to a note at the bottom of a page

Derived terms

  • آق یلدز (ak yıldız, “morning star”)
  • آی یلدز (ay yıldız, “star and crescent”)
  • قزل یلدز (kızıl yıldız, “Mars”)
  • قویروقلو یلدز (kuyruklu yıldız, “comet”)
  • یلدز اشارتی (yıldız işâreti, “asterisk”)
  • یلدز بوجكی (yıldız böceği, “glowworm”)
  • یلدز طابیه (yıldız tabya, “star-shaped fortress”)
  • یلدز طاشی (yıldız taşı, “aventurine”)
  • یلدز قوردی (yıldız kurdu, “glowworm”)
  • یلدز كوشكی (yıldız köşkü, “the name of a royal residence”)
  • یلدز چیچكی (yıldız çiçeği, “dahlia”)
  • یلدز یلی (yıldız yeli, “north wind”)
  • یلدزلو (yıldızlı, “starry”)
  • یلدزی بارشمق (yıldızı barışmak, “to hit it off, befriend”)
  • یلدزی دوشكون (yıldızı düşkün, “starcrossed”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yıldız
  • → Armenian: եըլտըզ (eəltəz)

Further reading

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