دكز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• دكیز (deñiz)
• տէնկիզ (dengiz /⁠deñiz⁠/)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *teŋiŕ.

Noun

دڭز • (deñiz)

1. sea

   Synonyms: بحر, دریا

   ایچ دکز ― iç deñiz ― inland sea

   سرت دکز ― sert deñiz ― rough sea

Derived terms

• شاب دكزی (şab deñizi, “Red Sea”, literally “Alum Sea”)
• دكز قویونی (deñiz koyunu, “fur seal”, literally “sea sheep”)

Descendants

• Turkish: deniz

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دكز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 576
• Redhouse, J. W. (1884) “sea”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 667