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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic فِلِزّ (filizz).
Pronunciation
Noun
filiz (definite accusative filizi, plural filizlər)
- ore
- Synonym: külçə
- dəmir filizi ― iron ore
Declension
Further reading
Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese feliz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
filiz
- happy
- Êle bêm-di filiz ― He is very happy
References
Turkish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish فلز (filiz, “shoot, tendril, young plant”), from early modern Greek φυλλίς (fyllís), from Ancient Greek φῠ́λλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Noun
filiz (definite accusative filizi, plural filizler)
- sprout, bud
- Synonym: sürgün
Declension
Derived terms
References
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish فلز (filizz, “mineral, metal”), from Arabic فِلِزّ (filizz).
Noun
filiz (definite accusative filizi, plural filizler)
- ore
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “filiz2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فلز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1395
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN