ateş
Meaning
- fire
- fever, temperature
- gunfire; artillery fire
- light (flame to create fire)
- (informal) lighter
- anger
Concepts
air temperature
lighthouse light
pilot balloon observation
Synonyms
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧teş
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɑˈt̪eʃ]
Etymology
In summary
From Ottoman Turkish آتش (ateş, “fire”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (ataş, “fire”), ultimately from Persian آتش (âtaš). Replaced od (“fire”), the native Turkic word for fire. According to Urusbiev (1963:51) composed of at- (“to shoot, fire”) + -ş.
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