güneş
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish گونش (güneş, “sun, sunlight”), from Proto-Turkic *küneĺ (“sun, sunny place”). Cognate with Azerbaijani günəş, Old Turkic 𐰛𐰈𐰤𐰾 (küneš, “sunshine, sunny place”), and Chuvash хӗвел (hĕvel, “sun”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]güneş (definite accusative güneşi, plural güneşler)
- sun (light and warmth received from the sun)
- Synonym: şems
- sunny place, a place where it takes sunlight