kılavuz

From Ottoman Turkish قلاغوز (kılağuz), from Old Anatolian Turkish قلاغوز (qulağuz, qulavuz), from an extinct Central Asiatic substrate.

• IPA^(key): /kɯɫɑˈvuz/
• Hyphenation: kı‧la‧vuz

kılavuz (definite accusative kılavuzu, plural kılavuzlar)

1. a guide, in the plain general or abstract sense
2. a guide, who leads on the way, particularly someone who knows the terrain of a country and thus can guide an army
3. guide book, manual
4. leader, commander
5. (nautical) pilot (a person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast)
6. someone who procures an affair as an intermediate, who makes enquiries etc., such as a matchmaker to report upon a proposed bride on the part of a suitor

• rehber

• kılavuzluk (“the function of a guide”)
• kılavuzlamak (“to serve as a guide”)