kuzey

See also: Kuzey

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوزای‎ (kuzay),[1] قوزی‎ (kuzey),[2] ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kuŕ (“northern slope”). Cognate with Turkmen guzaý (“shaded side of a mountain”), Azerbaijani quzey (“north”) and possibly Uzbek kungay. Compare also dated kuz (“shadowed, sunless”).

Pronunciation
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  • Hyphenation: ku‧zey

Noun

kuzey (definite accusative kuzeyi, plural kuzeyler)

  1. north (compass point)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Coordinate terms
  • (compass points)
kuzeybatı Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
şimal
kara		 kuzeydoğu
batı
garp		 doğu
şark
güneybatı güney
cenup
ak		 güneydoğu

Derived terms

Further reading
  • kuzey in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “kuzey”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1486
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kuzey”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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