اوز

See also: أوز, أور, آور, and اور

Azerbaijani

Noun

اوز

1. Alternative spelling of اۆز

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *ǖz (“oil”).

Noun

اوُزْ or اُزْ (ǖz or üz)

1. fat, oil

   اوُزْلُكُ اَشْ ― Ǖzlüg āš. ― Oily food.

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 36 & 45

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“master, craftsman”) a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ū-.

Adjective

اوز (uz)

1. skilled, master, experienced
2. suitable, appropriate, appropriate, correct

   Synonym: طوغری (doġrı)

3. clever, precise, careful, accurate

Adverb

اوز (uz)

1. skillfully, precisely, accurately
   • 14th Century, anonymous author, Bursa Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i Oġuzān:

     اوزنكويه قالقب قتي چكدي،اوز آتدي، اوغلني ايكي طالوسنك آراسنده اورب چقدي يقدي

     üzängüyä qalqub qatı çäkdi, uz atdı, oġlını iki talusınuŋ arasında urub çaqdı, yıqdı

     he got up to the stirrup and pulled it hard, then precisely fired, and shot his son between his two scapulas and made him collapse

Descendants

• Gagauz: uz
• Ottoman Turkish: اوز (uz)
  • Turkish: (obsolete) uz

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “uz”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫŕ

Noun

اوز (öz)

1. self, essence, identity

   Synonym: كندو (gändü)

2. essence
3. essence, abstract

Pronoun

اوز (öz)

1. (reflexive, with possessive markers) self

   Synonym: كندو (gändü)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: öz
• Gagauz: öz
• Ottoman Turkish: اوز (öz)
  • Turkish: öz

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “öz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “öz”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوز (uz), from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“master, craftsman”), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ū-.

Adjective

اوز • (uz)

1. good
2. able, skillful

Descendants

• Turkish: uz

Etymology 2

Related to اوزاق (uzak).

Adjective

اوز • (uz)

1. far, distant

   Synonyms: اوزاق (uzak), ایراق (ırak)

Derived terms

• از کتمك، اوز کتمك (az gitmek, uz gitmek)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوز (öz), from Proto-Turkic *ȫŕ.

Noun

اوز • (öz)

1. self

   Synonym: كندو (kendü)

2. gist, kernel
3. marrow; cream; the best part of something

Descendants

• Turkish: öz

Etymology 4

From Greek [script needed] (úves), a plural form borrowed as singular, from Ancient Greek ὄᾱ (óā) or ὄον (óon).

Noun

اوز • (üvez)

1. sorb (fruit of service tree, Sorbus spp.)

Descendants

• Turkish: üvez

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 185
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “üvez2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 249

Pashto

Noun

اوز • (uz) m

1. goat