çöl

From Common Turkic *čöl (“steppe, desert”).

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃœl], [t͡sœl]

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çöl (definite accusative çölü, plural çöllər)

1. (geography) steppe

   Synonyms: düzən, düz, bozqır, biyaban

2. (geography) desert

   Synonyms: səhra, biyaban

3. field

   Synonym: sahə

   1. field (land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country)
   2. field (wide, open space that used to grow crops)
4. (colloquial) outside, outdoors

   Synonyms: bayır, eşik, dışarı

5. (colloquial) outer part, exterior

çöl

1. steppe
2. field

 

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From Ottoman Turkish چول, from Proto-Turkic *čöl (“steppe, desert”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃøl/

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• Rhymes: -øl

çöl (definite accusative çölü, plural çöller)

1. desert
   • 1935 June 19, “Korkunç Bir Ölüm”, in Yeni Mersin, page 3:

     Fransızlar otomobil ile çöle açılacakları zaman bu yolda gidişin tehlikeli olacağı ve vazgeçmeleri kendilerine söylenilmiş ise de onlar aldırmamışlardır.

     When the French were about to venture into the desert by automobile, they were told that it would be dangerous and that they should give up, but they did not pay attention.

2. (figurative) field (land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country)

• çölleşmek

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çöl”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

• çöl, in the Explanatory Dictionary of Turkish Language at the Website of the Turkish Language Association

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čöl (“steppe, desert”).

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çöl (definite accusative çöli, plural çöller)

1. desert

• “çöl” in Enedilim.com
• “çöl” in Webonary.org