koyu

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See also: köyü

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Noun

koyu

  1. (anatomy) ear

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈju/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧yu

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish قویو (koyu), from Proto-Turkic *koyug.[1][2][3]

Cognate with Kazakh қою (qoü), Uzbek quyuq, Uyghur قويۇق (qoyuq), Bashkir ҡуйы (quyı), Khakas хойығ (xoyığ), Tuvan хоюг (xoyug), Yakut хойуу (qoyuu).

Adjective

koyu

  1. (of a color) dark, deep
    Synonym: (uncommon) kapalı
    Antonym: açık
  2. dense, thick
    Synonym: yoğun
    Antonyms: sulu, cıvık
  3. (figuratively, of a thought, behaviour etc.) excessive, fanatic

Etymology 2

Noun

koyu

  1. accusative singular of koy
  2. third-person singular possessive of koy

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “koyuğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 676
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Koju-g”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “koyu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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