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Turkish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوكو (bükü/bügü), from Proto-Turkic *bögü (“wizard”). Compare Old Turkic (bögü).
Pronunciation
Noun
büyü (definite accusative büyüyü, plural büyüler)
- charm, spell, magic
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
büyü
- second-person singular imperative of büyümek
Further reading
- “büyü”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “büyü”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “büyü”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “büyü”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 695