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domuz.

pig, swine

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/doˈmuz/

  1. pig, swine

  2. a pig, swine, a contemptible, mean, extremely disagreeable person

    derogatory

  3. pork

  4. a children's game

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوموز (domuz, “pig”), a variant of طوڭوز (doñuz), from Old Anatolian Turkish طوكز (doŋuz, “pig”), from Proto-Common Turkic *toŋuz (“pig”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐰭𐰆𐰕 (toŋuz), Azerbaijani donuz, Bashkir дуңғыҙ (duñğıð), Kazakh доңыз (doŋız), Kyrgyz доңуз (doŋuz), Turkmen doňuz, Uyghur توڭگۇز (tongguz), and Uzbek toʻngʻiz.

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