güneş
Meaning
- sun (light and warmth received from the sun)
- sunny place, a place where it takes sunlight
Frequency
Hyphenated as
gü‧neş
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɟyˈneʃ/
Etymology
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”).
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