uzuv

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عضو, from Arabic عُضْو (ʕuḍw). Compare Azerbaijani üzv (“member of an organization”).

Noun

uzuv (definite accusative uzvu, plural uzuvlar)

member, organ, body part

Related terms

aza (from the Arabic plural)
uzvî
uzviyet

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uzuv”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عضو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1305

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