alev

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (alav), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *yal- (“to burn, blaze; flame”).

• Hyphenation: a‧lev

alev

1. flame

• “alev”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Probably derived from ala.

alev (genitive alevi, partitive alevit)

1. borough, town
2. (dated) suburb, slum

alev

1. moon
2. month

• alaz, yalın, yalaz, yalağız, yalavı, yalağı, yalım (dialectal)

From Ottoman Turkish آلو (alev), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (alav), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *yal- (“to burn, blaze; flame”).^[1] Doublet of yalın. Cognate with Azerbaijani alov, Uzbek olov, Kazakh алау (alau).

• IPA^(key): /a.lev/

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alev (definite accusative alevi, plural alevler)

1. flame

• alev alev