kaya tuzu

Turkish

kaya tuzu

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قیا طوزی (literally “rock salt”); equivalent to kaya (“rock”) +‎ tuz (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈja tu.zu/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ya‧tu‧zu

Noun

kaya tuzu (definite accusative kaya tuzunu, plural kaya tuzları)

1. (mineralogy) halite, rock salt
2. rock salt (coarsely ground salt)

Hypernyms

• tuz

Further reading

• “kaya tuzu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “kayatuzu”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kaya tuzu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2429