صاز

Ottoman Turkish

صاز

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *siāŕ (marsh, dirt); cognate with Azerbaijani saz, Bashkir [script needed] (haδ), Chuvash шур (šur), Kazakh саз (saz), Tatar саз (saz), Turkmen sāz, Uyghur ساز (saz) and Uzbek soz.

Noun

صاز • (saz)

  1. rush, any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus
    Synonyms: اسل (esel), لوخ (luh)

Derived terms

  • دیكن صازی (diken sazı, rush)
  • سپت صازی (sepet sazı, rush)
  • صازلق (sazlık, place overgrown with rushes)

Descendants

  • Gagauz: saaz
  • Turkish: saz
  • Armenian: սազ (saz)

Further reading

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