cılız

Turkish

Alternative forms

• cılaz (Bitlis)
• cılıs (Gaziantep)
• cilaz (Tokat)
• çilez (Gümüşhane, Yozgat)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جیلیز (cılız, ciliz), from Armenian ճլեզ (člez).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɯˈɫɯz/
• Hyphenation: cı‧lız

Adjective

cılız

1. skinny, slim, thin

   Synonyms: sıska, zayıf

2. weak, feeble, frail

   Synonyms: zayıf, çelimsiz, kuvvetsiz

3. thin (generally)

   Synonym: ince

4. worthless

   Synonym: değersiz

5. stunted, underdeveloped (of a plant)

   Synonym: gelişememiş

6. weak, faint, dim (of light or sound)

Noun

cılız (definite accusative cılızı, plural cılızlar)

1. (dialectal, Kırklareli) dwarf

   Synonym: cüce

2. (dialectal, Bolu) newborn

   Synonym: yenidoğan

References

• “cılız”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cılız”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 796a
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § E131, page 184
• “cılız”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 3, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1968, page 912b