mazak

From mazać +‎ -ak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.zak/

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• Rhymes: -azak
• Syllabification: ma‧zak

mazak m inan (diminutive mazaczek)

1. (colloquial) felt-tip pen, marker pen

   Synonyms: pisak, marker, flamaster

2. (Lviv) face

   Synonym: twarz

• mazak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mazak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• (standard) IPA^(key): /mɑˈzɑk/
• (West Anatolia) IPA^(key): [mɒˈzɑk], [moˈzɑk], [moˈzɑχ]
• (Bolu, Zonguldak, Afyon) IPA^(key): /bɑˈzɑk/, /boˈzɑk/
• Hyphenation: ma‧zak

Ultimately from Old Anatolian Turkish مزق (mazaq, “underdeveloped, dwarf, short”), from Armenian մոզիկ (mozik), մոզի (mozi).^[1]

• mozak, mozalak, mozu, muzak, moza, mozı, mozik

mazak(dialectal)

1. (Isparta, Burdur, Denizli, Çorum, Niğde, Konya) dwarf, short
2. (Balıkesir, Kastamonu, Muğla, Aydın, Kütahya, Eskişehir, Bolu, Zonguldak, Çorum, Samsun, Niğde, Adana, Antalya) unripe, premature (fruit), especially a smaller one
3. (Isparta) small, little
4. (Giresun, Ordu) joyful, jocular (person)
5. (Kahramanmaraş) dirty

   Synonym: kirli

6. (Nevşehir) hot, spicy
7. (Afyonkarahisar) water buffalo

   Synonym: manda

mazak (definite accusative mazağı, plural mazaklar)

1. streaked gurnard, African gurnard, rock gurnard; Chelidonichthys lastoviza
2. (Samsun, Kütahya, Bursa, Kahramanmaraş, Muğla, Konya, Zonguldak) piglet
3. (İstanbul) tub gurnard; Chelidonichthys lucerna

   Synonym: kırlangıçbalığı

4. (Bolu, Mersin) pinecone
5. (Tokat) homegrown tomato
6. (Mersin, Yozgat) pinecone
7. (Tokat) acorn

   Synonym: palamut

8. (Zonguldak) kid, boy

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

mazak (definite accusative mazağı, plural mazaklar)

1. (Manisa, Balıkesir, Çanakkale, Bursa, Zonguldak) wooden carriage nail
2. (İzmir, Balıkesir, Çanakkale) the metal in the middle of a car tire

• “mazak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• “mazak" , "mozak", "mozah", "mazah", "mozalak", "bozak", "bazak", "mazalak", "mozik”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mazak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3090
• Eren, Hasan (1999) “mazak”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi