tuz

See also: Tuz, tuz-, tuž, tuż, tûz, and tűz

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʌz/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌz

Noun

tuz (plural tuzzes)

1. (obsolete) A lock or tuft of hair.
   • 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fourth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     And then thou kemb'st the Tuzzes on thy cheek.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tuz”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Utz, utz

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tūŕ. Cognate with Kumyk туз (tuz)

Noun

tuz (accusative tuznı, plural tuzlar)

1. salt

Declension

Declension of tuz

	singular	plural
nominative	tuz	tuzlar
genitive	tuznıñ	tuzlarnıñ
dative	tuzğa	tuzlarğa
accusative	tuznı	tuzlarnı
locative	tuzda	tuzlarda
ablative	tuzdan	tuzlardan

Derived terms

• tuzlaq
• tuzlu
• tuzluq
• tuzsuz

References

• “tuz”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Gagauz

Noun

tuz (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. salt

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dūŕ. Cognate to Crimean Tatar tuz, Karachay-Balkar туз (tuz), Kumyk туз (tuz), Urum туз (tuz), etc.

Noun

tuz

1. salt

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “tuz”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Old French

Adjective

tuz m

1. inflection of tut:
   1. oblique masculine plural
   2. nominative masculine singular

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German tūs, dūs (“deuce”) (German Daus), from Old French dous (“two”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtus/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: tuz

Noun

tuz m animal

1. (archaic, card games) ace

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	tuz	tuzy
genitive	tuza	tuzów
dative	tuzowi	tuzom
accusative	tuza	tuzy
instrumental	tuzem	tuzami
locative	tuzie	tuzach
vocative	tuzie	tuzy

Declension of tuz

Descendants

• → Russian: туз (tuz)
  • → Armenian: տուզ (tuz)
  • → Estonian: tuus
  • → Georgian: ტუზი (ṭuzi)
  • → Mingrelian: ტუზი (ṭuzi, “ace”), ტუზუ (ṭuzu, “big-shot”)
• → Ukrainian: туз (tuz)

Noun

tuz m pers

1. luminary, person of importance in their field

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	tuz	tuzowie/tuzy (deprecative)
genitive	tuza	tuzów
dative	tuzowi	tuzom
accusative	tuza	tuzów
instrumental	tuzem	tuzami
locative	tuzie	tuzach
vocative	tuzie	tuzowie

Declension of tuz

Further reading

• tuz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tuz in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طوز (tuz), from Proto-Turkic *tūŕ. Cognate with Turkmen duz, Kazakh тұз (tūz), Uzbek tuz, Kyrgyz туз (tuz), Tuvan дус (dus), Yakut туус (tuus) and Chuvash тӑвар (tăvar).

Compare Mongolian давс (davs), Buryat дабһан (dabhan), Evenki турукэ (turukə). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuz/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: tuz

Noun

tuz (definite accusative tuzu, plural tuzlar)

1. (chemistry) salt

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tuz
Definite accusative	tuzu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tuz	tuzlar
Definite accusative	tuzu	tuzları
Dative	tuza	tuzlara
Locative	tuzda	tuzlarda
Ablative	tuzdan	tuzlardan
Genitive	tuzun	tuzların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tuzum tuzlarım 2nd singular tuzun tuzların 3rd singular tuzu tuzları 1st plural tuzumuz tuzlarımız 2nd plural tuzunuz tuzlarınız 3rd plural tuzları tuzları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tuzumu tuzlarımı 2nd singular tuzunu tuzlarını 3rd singular tuzunu tuzlarını 1st plural tuzumuzu tuzlarımızı 2nd plural tuzunuzu tuzlarınızı 3rd plural tuzlarını tuzlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tuzuma tuzlarıma 2nd singular tuzuna tuzlarına 3rd singular tuzuna tuzlarına 1st plural tuzumuza tuzlarımıza 2nd plural tuzunuza tuzlarınıza 3rd plural tuzlarına tuzlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tuzumda tuzlarımda 2nd singular tuzunda tuzlarında 3rd singular tuzunda tuzlarında 1st plural tuzumuzda tuzlarımızda 2nd plural tuzunuzda tuzlarınızda 3rd plural tuzlarında tuzlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tuzumdan tuzlarımdan 2nd singular tuzundan tuzlarından 3rd singular tuzundan tuzlarından 1st plural tuzumuzdan tuzlarımızdan 2nd plural tuzunuzdan tuzlarınızdan 3rd plural tuzlarından tuzlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tuzumun tuzlarımın 2nd singular tuzunun tuzlarının 3rd singular tuzunun tuzlarının 1st plural tuzumuzun tuzlarımızın 2nd plural tuzunuzun tuzlarınızın 3rd plural tuzlarının tuzlarının

Hypernyms

• bileşik

Hyponyms

• yemek tuzu

Derived terms

• tuzca
• tuzcu
• tuzcuk
• tuzculuk
• tuzken
• tuzla
• tuzlama
• tuzlu
• tuzluk
• tuzluluk
• tuzsa
• tuzsu
• tuzsuz
• tuzsuzluk

Related terms

• su
• şeker
• turşu

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tūŕ. Cognate with Turkish tuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊz/

Noun

tuz (plural tuzlar)

1. salt