یلدوز

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Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yulduŕ.

Noun

یلدوز (yïlduz)

  1. star
    • 13th century, Şeyyad Hamza, Yūsuf u Züleyhā; reprinted in Гузеев, В.Г., editor, Староосманский язык, 1979:
      كوردوم آی و كونش اون بر یادوز
      سجده قیلورلر قموسی بكا دوز
      Gördüm ay ū günäš on bir yïlduz
      Säjdä qïlurlar qamusï baŋa düz
      I saw the moon, sun and eleven stars
      They all bowed to me in a row.

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: ulduz
  • Ottoman Turkish: یلدز (yıldız)

References

  • “yılduz”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), volume 6, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1972, pages 4581–4582