tüy
Meaning
- body hair, especially a shorter one
- feather
- follicles that grow on some plants
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) ellipsis of tüy kalem (“quill”)
- (Adana, Kayseri, Niğde) needle
- (Diyarbakır) fringe, bangs
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tyj/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish توی (tüy), from Old Anatolian Turkish توك (tük, tüg), from Proto-Turkic *tǖk (“hair”).
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