tülü

See also: tulu, tu'lu, tułu, túlù, and tǔlù

Gagauz

Cyrillic тӱлӱ

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish تولو (tülü, hairy, feathered), from تو (). Morphologically tüü +‎ -lü

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tyˈly/

Adjective

tülü (comparative taa tülü, superlative en tülü)

  1. fluffy, shaggy, hairy

Further reading

  • Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “tülü”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 676

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تولی (tülü), from Old Anatolian Turkish تولو (tülü, hairy, feathered), a derivation from تو (). Morphologically tüy +‎ -lü.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tü‧lü

Adjective

tülü

  1. (Konya) synonym of tüylü

Noun

tülü (definite accusative tülüyü, plural tülüler)

  1. a double-humped, long-haired male camel used in special wrestling competitions
  2. (Isparta, İzmir, Adana) male camel resulting from the mating of frankincense and common camel
  3. (Konya) male cattle
  4. (Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Adana) goat or sheep that has given birth when they were one year old
  5. (Bolu) a sheep that was sheared one and a half to two months ago
  6. (Aydın) a male camel

Declension

Declension of tülü
singular plural
nominative tülü tülüler
definite accusative tülüyü tülüleri
dative tülüye tülülere
locative tülüde tülülerde
ablative tülüden tülülerden
genitive tülünün tülülerin

Further reading

  • tülü”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tülü”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • tülü”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982