cılız

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Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جیلیز (cılız, ciliz), from Armenian ճլեզ (člez).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɯˈɫɯz/
  • Hyphenation: cı‧lız

Adjective

cılız

  1. skinny, slim, thin
    Synonyms: sıska, zayıf
  2. weak, feeble, frail
    Synonyms: zayıf, çelimsiz, kuvvetsiz
  3. thin (generally)
    Synonym: ince
  4. worthless
    Synonym: değersiz
  5. stunted, underdeveloped (of a plant)
    Synonym: gelişememiş
  6. weak, faint, dim (of light or sound)

Noun

cılız (definite accusative cılızı, plural cılızlar)

  1. (dialectal, Kırklareli) dwarf
    Synonym: cüce
  2. (dialectal, Bolu) newborn
    Synonym: yenidoğan

References

  • “cılız”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cılız”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 796a
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § E131, page 184
  • “cılız”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 3, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1968, page 912b
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