قویروقلو یلدز

Calque of Arabic مذنب‎ (“comet”, literally “long-tailed”) or Persian اختر دنباله‌دار‎ (“comet”, literally “tailed star”); by surface analysis, from قویروقلو‎ (kuyruklu, “tailed”) + یلدز‎ (yıldız, “star”).

قویروقلو یلدز • (kuyruklu yıldız) (plural قویروقلو یلدزلر‎)

1. comet, a small celestial body which produces a visible tail consisting mainly of ice, dust and particles or rock

• Turkish: kuyruklu yıldız

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• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قویروقلو یلدز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2208