tuz

Meaning

salt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtuz/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طوز (tuz), from Proto-Turkic *tūŕ. Cognate with Turkmen duz, Kazakh тұз (tūz), Uzbek tuz, Kyrgyz туз (tuz), Tuvan дус (dus), Yakut туус (tuus) and Chuvash тӑвар (tăvar).
Compare Mongolian давс (davs), Buryat дабһан (dabhan), Evenki турукэ (turukə).

Sentences

Açık yaraya tuz ekilmez.

Salt is not planted in the open wound.

Deme dostuna, der dostuna. Bir gün olur tuz basarlar postuna.

Don't say that to your friend, he says to his friend. One day, they put salt on her skin.