Laz

See also: laz, láz, läz, laž, Łaz, and лаж

English

Etymology

From Turkish Laz, from Laz ლაზი (lazi).

Proper noun

Laz

1. A Kartvelian language of Turkey and Caucasian Georgia, related to Georgian, Mingrelian, and Svan.

Translations

language

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: լազերեն (hy) (lazeren), ճաներեն (hy) (čaneren)
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: lazi (fi)
• French: laze (fr) m
• Georgian: ლაზური (lazuri), ლაზური ენა (lazuri ena)
• German: Lasische Sprache f

  Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can

• Kurdish:
• Laz: ლაზური ნენა (lazuri nena), ლაზური (lazuri), Lazuri, Lazuri nena
• Mingrelian: ლაზური (lazuri), ლაზური ნინა (lazuri nina)
• Russian: ла́зский (ru) m (lázskij)
• Svan: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: laziska (sv) c
• Turkish: Lazca (tr)

Noun

Laz pl (plural only)

1. The ethnic group speaking Laz and live mostly in Turkey and Georgia.

Adjective

Laz (comparative more Laz, superlative most Laz)

1. Lazic, pertaining to Laz people, history, culture or traditions

Related terms

• Lazi
• Lazica
• Lazican
• Lazic
• Lazia
• Lazistan
• Zan

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Laz terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Laz, lzz ⁠

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

Laz m (uncountable)

1. a South-Caucasian people of the Trabzon area of Turkey
2. (slang) a Turk from any location near the Black Sea

Anagrams

• zal

Romanian

Etymology

From laz (“recently cleared forest”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Laz f

1. A village in Săsciori, Alba, Romania
2. A village in Vințu de Jos, Alba, Romania
3. A village in Dezna, Arad, Romania