كبزه
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Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *(k)Ebŕe (“shoulder blade; augury”).[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]- كاوزه (kâvze)
Noun
[edit]كبزه • (kebze) (definite accusative كبزهیی (kebzeyi), plural كبزهلر (kebzeler))
- shoulder blade, scapula, omoplate, either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder
- Synonym: كورك كمیكی (kürek kemiği)
- augury, soothsaying, divination, especially if based on the inspection of shoulder blades
Derived terms
[edit]- كبزهجی (kebzeci, “soothsayer”)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: kebze
References
[edit]- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(k)Ebŕe”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kebze”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2513
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كبزه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1009
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كبزه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1522
Etymology 2
[edit]From earlier ككبوزه (geğbüze, gekbüze), vulgarized form of Byzantine Greek τὰ Κίβυζα (tà Kíbuza), perhaps a corruption of the original Ancient Greek name Λῐ́βῠσσᾰ (Líbussa). This city was celebrated in antiquity as the place containing the tomb of Hannibal, which was rebuilt by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Alternative forms
[edit]- ككبوزه (geğbüze, gekbüze)
Proper noun
[edit]كبزه • (gebze)
- Gebze (a city and district in Kocaeli province, Turkey)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: Gebze
Further reading
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- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Gebze”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Gebze”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][3], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 280
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- Ottoman Turkish lemmas
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- ota:Bones