طلز

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa).

Noun

طلز • (talaz) (definite accusative طلزی (talazı), plural طلزلر (talazlar))

1. hurricane, storm
2. a great, foaming wave

Descendants

• Gagauz: talaz
• Ottoman Turkish: طالاز (talaz), تالاز (talaz), تالاس (talas), طلاس (talas), طلس (talas), طلص (talas)
  • Turkish: talaz
  • → Albanian: tallaz
  • → Aromanian: tãlazi
  • → Bulgarian: тала́з (taláz)
  • → Northern Kurdish: talaz
  • → Romanian: talaz
  • → Serbo-Croatian: tȁlās / та̏ла̄с
  • → Zazaki: talaz

Further reading

• “talaz”, 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
• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “talaz”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 626