اوص

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Oghuz اُسْ (us),^[1] Proto-Turkic *us (“mind, reason”).

Noun

اوص • (us)

mind, intelligence
Synonyms: عقل (akl), ذكا (zeka)

Derived terms

اوصلندرمق (uslandırmak)
اوصلنمق (uslanmak)
اوصلی, اوصلو (uslu)

Descendants

⇒ Gagauz: uslu
Turkish: us, uslu

References

^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 36

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 190
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 254

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