تویلو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

By surface analysis, توی (tüy, “hair”) +‎ ـلو (-lü, “-ed”).

Adjective

تویلو • (tüylü)

  1. hairy, fuzzy, pilose
    • 17th Century, محمد بن مصطفی الغورانی [Muhammed bin Mustafa el-Gurani], translated by Meryem Arslan, كتاب ترجمهٴ تذكرهٴ داود فی علم الطب [Kitāb-ı Tercüme-i Teẕkire-i Dāvūd Fī 'İlm-i'ṭ-Ṭıbb], Ankara: Turkish Language Association, published 2019, →ISBN, page 203:
      جِیدَارْ بِرْ تُویْلُو اُوتْدِرْ عَجَمْ اُوَه‌لَرِنْدَه وَ هِنْد اَطْرَافِنْدَه اُولُورْ
      cīdār bir tüylü otdır 'acem ovalarında ve hind etrafında olur.
      cīdār: A fuzzy herb. It grows in the Persian lowlands and around India.
  2. feathered, feathery
  3. downy

Descendants

  • Turkish: tüylü
  • → Armenian: թույլու (tʻuylu), թիւյլիւ (tʻiwyliw)

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