yıldız
Pronunciation: /jɯɫˈdɯz/
“yıldız” is a Turkish word. Its 8 meanings in English:
noun
- star
- An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field, locally or otherwise; a celebrity, a star
- Actors in leading roles in movies, television shows and other dramatic media, a star
- An asterisk (*).
- A symbol used to rate quality, notably used for hotels, with ratings from 1 (poor quality) to 5 stars (top quality)
- luck
- north
- an eye of a needle
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish یلدز (yıldız), from Old Anatolian Turkish یلدز (yılduz, yulduz), from Proto-Turkic *yulduŕ (“star”), see there for more.
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