یاوز

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yabïŕ.

Adjective

یَاوُزْ (yavuz) (comparative یاوزرق (yavuzraq))

1. bad, evil
2. grim, tough, cruel
3. tough, brave, stern
4. powerful, skilled
5. (late) good

Derived terms

• یاوز یل (yavuz yel, “northeastern wind”)
• یاوزلق (yavuzlıq, “evil, badness”)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: yavuz
• Gagauz: yauz, yavuz
• Ottoman Turkish: یاوز (yavuz)
  • Turkish: yavuz

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 740
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yavuz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یَاوُزْ (yavuz), from Proto-Turkic *yabïŕ.

Adjective

یاوز • (yavuz)

1. stern, tough, brave
2. good, excellent

Proper noun

یاوز • (yavuz)

1. Selim I

Descendants

• Turkish: yavuz

Further reading

• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki]‎^[1] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2195
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yavuz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük