yıldırım

Meaning

lightning strike, thunderbolt

Concepts

lightning

thunderbolt

bolt

flash

levin

Synonyms

şimşek

çakım

Translations

Blitz

foudre

rayo

relâmpago

fulmine

lampo

bliksem

αστραπή

relámpago

éclair

fulgur

llamp

برق

Pronounced as (IPA)

/jɯɫ.dɯˈrɯm/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: یلدرم

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish: یلدرامق

Cognate with Azerbaijani: ildırım

Cognate with Turkmen: ýyldyrym

Cognate with Turkmen: ýaldyramak

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish یلدرم (yıldırım, “thunderbolt”). Earliest attested in Kipchak records in 1312 as یولدوروم (yuldurum, “spark”) together with the deriving stem [script needed] (yuldura-, “to shine”), also Ottoman Turkish یلدرامق (yıldıramak, “to flash, gleam, glitter”). Equivalent to یلدرا (yıldıra-, “to flash”) + ـم (-ım, “noun forming suffix”).
Cognate with Azerbaijani ildırım (“lightning, thunder”), Turkmen ýyldyrym (“lightning, thunder”). Akin to Karakhanid [script needed] (yuldrık, “sparkling, shining”) from [script needed] (yuldramāk, “to shine”) and Turkmen ýaldyramak (“to shine”).