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)

1. 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^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1305