یوز

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See also: يور

Khowar

Etymology

From Sanskrit अवश्या (avaśyā, hoarfrost).

Noun

یوز (yoz)

  1. ice

References

  • Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2022) “یوز”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 2023-01-19.

Ottoman Turkish

Ottoman Turkish cardinal numbers
 <  90 100 200  > 
    Cardinal : یوز

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yǖŕ (hundred); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰇𐰕 (yüz), Azerbaijani yüz, Bashkir йөҙ (yöź), Chuvash ҫӗр (śĕr), Kazakh жүз (jüz), Kyrgyz жүз (jüz), Turkmen ýüz, Uyghur يۈز (yüz), Uzbek yuz and Yakut сүүс (süüs).

Numeral

یوز (yüz)

  1. hundred, a numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine
    Synonyms: صد (sed), مائه (mıʼa)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: yüz

Further reading

Etymology 2

یوزلر

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yǖŕ (face); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰇𐰕 (yüz), Azerbaijani yüz, Bashkir йөҙ (yöź), Chuvash ҫӗр (śĕr), Kazakh жүз (jüz), Kyrgyz жүз (jüz), Turkmen ýüz, Uyghur يۈز (yüz), Uzbek yuz and Yakut сүүс (süüs).

Noun

یوز (yüz) (definite accusative یوزی (yüzü), plural یوزلر (yüzler))

  1. face, visage, countenance, the front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area
    Synonyms: چهره (çehre), رو (), وجه (vech, vecih)
  2. (by extension) face, surface, the outermost or uppermost layer of a physical object and usually the first region that can be perceived by an observer
    Synonym: اوست (üst)
  3. (figuratively) impudence, insolence, cheek, brazenness, effrontery, the quality of being impudent or cheeky, lack of respect
    Synonym: پیشانی (pişanî)
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Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 3

یوز

Borrowed from Persian یوز (yuz, cheetah), from Middle Persian ywc (yōz)

Noun

یوز (yuz) (definite accusative یوزی (yuzu), plural یوزلر (yuzlar))

  1. panther, any mammal of the genus Panthera, which includes big cats such as the leopard, jaguar, tiger, etc.
    Synonyms: بارس (bars), پلنك (peleng)
  2. cheetah, a distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

 یوز on Persian Wikipedia
Dari یوز
Iranian Persian
Tajik юз

Etymology

From Middle Persian ywc (yōz); see there for further information.

Noun

یوز (yuz)

  1. cheetah
  2. dog which hunts by the scent

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References