قزل

Chagatai

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

قزل • (qızıl)

1. alternative form of قیزیل (qızıl, “red”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kïŕïl (“red”).

Adjective

قزل • (kızıl)

1. red

   Synonym: آل (al)

2. gold

   Synonym: آلتون (altun)

Derived terms

• قزل آغاج (kızıl ağac, “alder”)
• قزلجق (kızılcık, “cornelian cherry”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kızıl
• → Armenian: խըզըլ (xəzəl), կըզըլ (kəzəl)

See also

Colors in Ottoman Turkish · بویا بویلر (boyalar) (layout · text)

آق (ak)	بوز (boz)	قره (kara)
قزل (kızıl); آل (al)	ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur)	صاری (sarı)
	یشیل (yeşil)
	گوك (gök)	ماوی (mavi)
مور (mor)	افلاطون (eflatun)	پنبه (pembe)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قزل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 959
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قزل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1468