uzun

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic узун
Abjad اوزن

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *uŕï-n, *uŕa-k (long, far, late), whence also uzaq (far, distant).

Pronunciation

Adjective

uzun (comparative daha uzun, superlative ən uzun)

  1. long
    Antonym: qısa
    Bu köynəyin uzun qolları vardırThis shirt has long sleeves
  2. long, lengthy (having long duration)
    Antonym: qısa
    uzun ömüra long life
    • 2010, Yaşar Əhmədov, Yaşamaq da bir fəlsəfədir, Baku: Uni Print, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, archived from the original on 6 January 2021, page 65:
      Uzun illər boyu mən inanmışdım ki, istədiyimə nail olan kimi xoşbəxt olacağam.
      For many years (lit. 'for long years') I believed, that once I achieve what I wanted, I would become happy.
    • 2010, Yaşar Əhmədov, Yaşamaq da bir fəlsəfədir, Baku: Uni Print, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, archived from the original on 6 January 2021, page 44:
      Bir qadının danışdığı əhvalatı nəzərinizə çatdırım - qadın uzun səfərə hazırlaşırdı.
      I will share an incident that was reported by a woman once. The woman was preparing for a long trip.
  3. tall
    Synonyms: hündür, uca, yüksək
    Antonyms: qısa, alçaq

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*uŕɨ-n, *uŕa-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *uŕï-n. Cognate to Kumyk узун (uzun), etc.

Adjective

uzun

  1. long

References

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوزون (uzun), from Proto-Turkic *uŕïn. Further cognate with uzak (far).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈzun/
  • Hyphenation: u‧zun
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Adjective

uzun

  1. tall
  2. long
    Antonym: kısa

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • uzun”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu