töz

See also: toz and tož

Turkish

Etymology

Either a semi-learned borrowing from Old Anatolian Turkish توز (töz), or a learned borrowing from Old Turkic [script needed] (töz), both ultimately from Proto-Turkic *töŕ. Reintroduced to the language during 1940s as a replacement for cevher, a borrowing from Arabic.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tœz/

Noun

töz (definite accusative tözü, plural tözler)

  1. (philosophy) essence, substance
    Synonym: cevher
  2. (rare) principle
    Synonyms: umde, ilke

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “töz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • “töz”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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