بڭز
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *beŋiŕ (“face”). [1]
Noun
بڭز • (beñiz)
- complexion (face colour)
Descendants
- Turkish: beniz
Derived terms
- بت بڭز (bet beñiz)
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bEŋiŕ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بڭز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 390