meliz

Turkish

Alternative forms

• melis, milis, miliz

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μέλισσα (mélissa). Doublet of melisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈliz/
• Hyphenation: me‧liz

Noun

meliz (definite accusative melizi, plural melizler) (dialectal, İstanbul, Niğde, Konya, Adana, Mersin)

1. honey bee

   Synonym: bal arısı

Declension

Declension of meliz

	singular	plural
nominative	meliz	melizler
definite accusative	melizi	melizleri
dative	melize	melizlere
locative	melizde	melizlerde
ablative	melizden	melizlerden
genitive	melizin	melizlerin

Related terms

• marmelat
• melas
• melisa
• mildiyu

Further reading

• “meliz”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume IX, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977, page 3157b