turquoise

See also: Turquoise

English

WOTD – 5 September 2007

Alternative forms

• Turkies (archaic)

Etymology

Turquoise with quartz (1)

From Middle French turquoise, from Old French (pierre) turquoise (“Turkish (stone)”), from turc +‎ -ois. The stone, mined near Nishapur in the Khorasan region of Persia, was originally brought to Europe through Turkey. Doublet of Turkish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪz/, /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪs/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

turquoise (countable and uncountable, plural turquoises)

2. (countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
   • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

4. (countable and uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

   turquoise:  

Synonyms

• (colour): blue-green, green-blue, greenish blue, turquoise blue

Derived terms

• bone turquoise
• Bisbee turquoise
• turquoise-browed motmot
• turquoise parrot
• Turquoise Lake

Related terms

• turquoisish
• turquoisey/turquoisy
• turquoiselike
• turquoised

Translations

gemstone

• Arabic: فَيْرُوز (fayrūz)

  Egyptian Arabic: فيروز m (fayrūz), تركواز m (terkwæːr)

• Armenian: փիրուզ (hy) (pʻiruz)
• Avar: пируза (piruza)
• Azerbaijani: firuzə (az)
• Bashkir: фирүзә (firüzə)
• Belarusian: біруза́ f (biruzá)
• Bengali: ফিরোজা (bn) (phirōja)
• Bulgarian: тюркоа́з m (tjurkoáz)
• Buryat: оюу (ojuu)
• Catalan: turquesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 綠松石 / 绿松石 (luk⁶ cung⁴ sek⁶)

  Mandarin: 綠松石 / 绿松石 (zh) (lǜsōngshí)

• Coptic: ⲟⲭⲓⲱⲛ (okhiōn), ⲁⲃⲉⲣⲏϫ m (aberēč) (Sahidic)
• Crimean Tatar: feruze
• Czech: tyrkys (cs) m
• Danish: turkis c
• Dutch: turkoois (nl) m or n
• Dzongkha: གཡུ (g.yu)
• Egyptian: (mfkꜣt)
• Esperanto: turkiso
• Estonian: türkiis
• Finnish: turkoosi (fi)
• French: turquoise (fr) f
• Galician: turquesa (gl) f
• Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (piruzi)
• German: Türkis (de) m
• Greek: τυρκουάζ n (tyrkouáz), περουζές (el) m (perouzés) (obsolete)

  Ancient Greek: κάλλαϊς f (kállaïs)

• Gujarati: પીરોજ (pīroj)
• Hebrew: טוּרְקִיז (he) m (turkíz)
• Hindi: फ़ीरोज़ा m (fīrozā),पीरोज़ा m (pīrozā), पेरोज (hi) (peroj), पेरज (hi) (peraj)
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu)
• Indonesian: pirus (id)
• Italian: turchese (it) m
• Japanese: トルコ石 (ja) (トルコいし, toruko ishi), ターコイズ (tākoizu)
• Kalmyk: ойюн (oyyun)
• Karachay-Balkar: файруз (fayruz)
• Karakalpak: piruza
• Kazakh: көктас (köktas), бирюза (birüza)
• Korean: 터키옥 (teokiok), 터키석 (ko) (teokiseok)
• Kumyk: перезе (pereze)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: feyroz (ku)

• Kyrgyz: бирюза (biryuza)
• Lak: пирузи (piruzi)
• Latin: callais f
• Latvian: tirkīzs m
• Lezgi: фируз (firuz)
• Lithuanian: turkis
• Macedonian: тиркиз m (tirkiz)
• Malay: firus (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: оюу (mn) (ojuu)

• Nahuatl: xihuitl (nah)
• Navajo: dootłʼizhii
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: turkis (no) m

  Nynorsk: turkis m

• Old Uyghur: 𐽽𐽰𐽽 (čač)
• Persian: فیروزه (fa) (firuze), پیروزه (fa) (piruze)
• Polish: turkus (pl) m
• Portuguese: turquesa (pt) f
• Punjabi: فِیروزَہ m (fīrozah)
• Romanian: turcoază (ro) f, peruzea (ro) f
• Russian: бирюза́ (ru) f (birjuzá)
• Sanskrit: पेरोज (sa) m (peroja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тѝркӣз m, мо̀дрӯљ m

  Roman: tìrkīz (sh) m, mòdrūlj (sh) m

• Slovak: tyrkys (sk) m
• Slovene: turkiz (sl) m
• Spanish: turquesa (es) f
• Swahili: feruzi
• Swedish: turkos (sv) c
• Tagalog: turkesa
• Tajik: фирӯза (firüza)
• Tatar: фирәзә (tt) (firäzä)
• Tibetan: གཡུ (g.yu)
• Turkish: turkuaz (tr), firuze (tr)
• Turkmen: firuza
• Udi: пуьруьз (pürüz)
• Ukrainian: ту́ркус m (túrkus), бірюза́ (uk) f (birjuzá), піруза f (piruza), фіруза f (firuza)
• Urdu: فِیروزَہ m (fīrozā)
• Uyghur: بىريۇزا (biryuza)

  Cyrillic: бирйуза (biryuza)

• Uzbek: feruza (uz)
• Vietnamese: ngọc lam (vi)

colour

• Arabic: فَيْرُوزِيّ m (fayrūziyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: تركواز m (terkwāz)

• Armenian: փիրուզագույն (hy) (pʻiruzaguyn)
• Azerbaijani: firuzəyi (az)
• Bengali: ফিরোজা (bn) (phirōja)
• Bulgarian: тюркоа́з m (tjurkoáz)
• Catalan: turquesa (ca) f
• Czech: tyrkysový (cs) m, tyrkysová (cs) f
• Dutch: turkoois (nl), turkooise
• Dzongkha: གཡུ་མདོག (g.yu mdog)
• Esperanto: turkisa
• Finnish: turkoosi (fi)
• French: turquoise (fr) f
• Galician: turquesa (gl) m
• Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (piruzi)
• German: türkis (de)
• Greek: τυρκουάζ n (tyrkouáz)
• Hindi: फ़िरोज़ी (firozī)
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu), türkizkék (hu)
• Icelandic: grænblár (is) m
• Indonesian: toska, pirus (id), biru pirus
• Italian: turchese (it) m
• Japanese: ターコイズブルー (tākoizu burū)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: feyrozî

• Lithuanian: turkio spalva f
• Malay: firus (ms)
• Maori: kārikiōrangi
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: оюу ногоон өнгө (ojuu nogoon öngö)

• Nahuatl: xihuitl (nah), xippālli
• Navajo: dootłʼizhii, dootłʼizh
• Nepali: फेरीज (pherīj)
• Persian: فیروزه‌ای (fa) (firuze-i)
• Polish: turkusowy (pl)
• Portuguese: turquesa (pt) m
• Quechua: anqas umiña
• Romanian: turcoaz (ro), turchez
• Russian: бирюзо́вый (ru) m (birjuzóvyj)
• Sanskrit: पेरोज (sa) m (peroja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркизна f, модруљаста m

  Roman: tirkizna f, modruljasta m

• Spanish: turquesa (es) m
• Swahili: rangi ya feruzi
• Swedish: turkos (sv) c, turkosfärg c
• Tajik: фирӯза (firüza)
• Turkish: turkuaz (tr), türkuvaz
• Ukrainian: ту́ркусовий m (túrkusovyj), пірузо́вий m (piruzóvyj), бірюзо́вий (uk) m (birjuzóvyj)
• Vietnamese: xanh thổ, xanh ngọc, màu ngọc lam, màu lam ngọc

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: (1, 2) ^{(please verify)} turchese

Further reading

• turquoise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

turquoise (comparative more turquoise, superlative most turquoise)

1. Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
2. Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

Translations

made of turquoise

• Armenian: փիրուզե (hy) (pʻiruze)
• Bulgarian: тюркоа́зен (tjurkoázen)
• Georgian: ფირუზი (ka) (piruzi)
• German: aus Türkis
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu)
• Italian: di turchese m or f
• Japanese: トルコ石の (toruko ishi no)
• Polish: turkusowy (pl)
• Romanian: de turcoază, de peruzea
• Russian: бирюзо́вый (ru) (birjuzóvyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркизан

  Roman: tirkizan

having a pale greenish-blue colour

• Armenian: փիրուզագույն (hy) (pʻiruzaguyn)
• Belarusian: бірузо́вы (biruzóvy)
• Bulgarian: тюркоа́зен (tjurkoázen)
• Catalan: turquesa (ca)
• Czech: tyrkysový (cs) m
• Danish: turkis
• Dutch: turkoois (nl) n
• Esperanto: turkisa
• Finnish: turkoosi (fi), turkoosinvärinen
• French: turquoise (fr)
• Galician: turquesa (gl)
• Georgian: ფირუზისფერი (piruzisperi)
• German: türkis (de)
• Hindi: फ़िरोज़ा (firozā)
• Hungarian: türkiz (hu), türkizkék (hu)
• Interlingua: turchese
• Italian: turchese (it)
• Japanese: ターコイズブルーの (tākoizu burū no)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: turkis (no), turkisblå

  Nynorsk: turkis, turkisblå

• Persian: فیروزه‌ای (fa) (firuze-i)
• Polish: turkusowy (pl)
• Portuguese: turquesa (pt), turquesino, turquesado
• Romanian: turcoaz (ro)
• Russian: бирюзо́вый (ru) (birjuzóvyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркизан

  Roman: tirkizan

• Spanish: turquesa (es)
• Swedish: turkos (sv), turkosfärgad
• Ukrainian: бірюзо́вий (uk) (birjuzóvyj)

See also

bluesedit

• Alice blue
• aqua
• aquamarine
• azure
• baby blue
• beryl
• bice
• bice blue
• blueberry
• blue green
• blue violet
• cadet blue
• Cambridge blue
• cerulean
• cobalt blue
• Copenhagen blue
• cornflower
• cornflower blue
• cyan
• dark blue
• Dodger blue
• duck-egg blue
• eggshell blue
• electric blue
• gentian blue
• ice blue
• lapis lazuli
• light blue
• lovat
• mazarine
• midnight blue
• navy
• Nile blue
• Oxford blue
• peacock blue
• petrol blue
• powder blue
• Prussian blue
• robin's-egg blue
• royal blue
• sapphire
• saxe blue
• sky blue
• slate blue
• teal
• turquoise
• ultramarine
• Wedgwood blue
• zaffre

• augite

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French turquois, from turc +‎ -ois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyʁ.kwaz/

• Audio:

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Noun

turquoise f (plural turquoises)

2. turquoise (gemstone)

Descendants

• Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
• Turkish: turkuaz
• Romanian: turcoază (stone)

Noun

turquoise m (plural turquoises)

2. turquoise (colour)

Adjective

turquoise (invariable)

1. turquoise-colored

Descendants

• Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
• Turkish: turkuaz
• Romanian: turcoază (colour)

Further reading

• “turquoise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French turquoise, from Old French turquois, turc +‎ -ois.

Noun

turquoise

1. turquoise
   1. a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
   2. A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.

      turquoise:  

Further reading

• “turquoise” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From French turquoise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtyrˌkvaːs/, [ˈtyχˌkwaːs]

Adjective

turquoise (masculine turquoisen, neuter turquoiset, comparative méi turquoise, superlative am turquoisesten)

1. turquoise, cyan, teal (of a greenish blue, often light, colour)

See also

Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text)

wäiss	gro	schwaarz
rout	orange; brong	giel
	gréng
turquoise	blo (hellblo, himmelblo)	blo (donkelblo)
violett; indigo	magenta; mof	rosa; pink

Middle French

Alternative forms

• turcquoise

Etymology

Inherited from Old French turquois.

Noun

turquoise f (plural turquoises)

1. turquoise (precious stone)

Descendants

• French: turquoise (“gemstone”)
  • Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
  • Turkish: turkuaz
  • Romanian: turcoază (stone)
  • French: turquoise (“colour”)
    • Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
    • Turkish: turkuaz
    • Romanian: turcoază (colour)
• → English: turquoise
• → Luxembourgish: turquoise