talaz

Cyrillic		талаз

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طلز (talaz), from Greek θάλασσα (thálassa).

• IPA^(key): /tɑˈlɑz/, [tɑˈɫɑs]
• Hyphenation: ta‧laz

talaz (definite accusative talazı, plural talazlar)

1. wave

   Synonym: dalga

2. curl

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “талаз”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 457

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طالاز (talaz), from Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa, “sea”), possibly of substratum origin.

talaz n (plural talazuri)

1. sea wave, billow

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طالاز (talaz), from Old Anatolian Turkish طلز (talaz), from Greek θάλασσα (thálassa).

• IPA^(key): /tɑˈɫɑz/, (Anatolia) /dɑˈɫɑz/
• Hyphenation: ta‧laz

talaz (definite accusative talazı, plural talazlar) (dialectal)

1. (Balıkesir, Eskişehir, Bolu, Zonguldak, Kastamonu, Çankırı, Çorum, Tokat, Malatya, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Sivas, Ankara, Kırşehir, Kayseri, Nevşehir, Niğde, Konya, Adana) storm, cyclone, hurricane, especially a humid one

   Synonyms: kasırga, fırtına

2. (İzmir) a great wave, billow
3. (Zonguldak) wet, arable soil watered by the rain
4. (Sivas, Ankara, Kayseri) wind

   Synonyms: yel, rüzgâr

5. (Burdur, Nevşehir) duststorm

   Synonym: toz fırtınası

6. (Burdur, Nevşehir) tornado

   Synonym: hortum

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

1. (Ordu, Trabzon) Alternative form of talas

• “talaz”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Eren, Hasan (1999) “talaz”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi
• “talaz”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
• XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طالاز (talaz), from Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa).

talaz

1. (weather) vortex, whirlpool, whirlwind