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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic, whence also Hungarian tenger (“sea”). Cognate with Turkish deniz, Tatar диңгез (diñgez), Bashkir диңгеҙ (diñgeź), Kazakh теңіз (teñız), Uyghur دېڭىز (dë'ngiz) Chuvash тинӗс (tinĕs, “sea”), etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæˈniz/
- Hyphenation: də‧niz
Noun
dəniz (definite accusative dənizi, plural dənizlər)
- sea
- Synonyms: dərya, (Classical Azerbaijani) bəhr
- açıq dəniz ― the open sea
- dəniz qırağı ― sea shore
- dənizdə çimmək ― to swim in the sea
- dəniz quldurluğu ― robbery at sea, piracy
- dənizə çıxışı olmayan ölkə ― landlocked country (literally, “country lacking access to sea”)
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