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deniz.

sea

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/deˈniz/[d̪e̞ˈn̪ɪz̪̥]

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish دكز, دكیز (deñiz, “sea”), from Old Anatolian Turkish دَكِزْ, from دَكٖیزۡ (däŋiz), from Proto-Oghuz *däŋiz, from Proto-Turkic *täŋiŕ, a derivation from *teŋ. Cognate with Gagauz deniz, Azerbaijani dəniz, Turkmen deňiz, etc.

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