kılavuz

From Ottoman Turkish قلاغوز (kılağuz), from Old Anatolian Turkish قلاغوز (qulağuz, qulavuz), from an extinct Central Asiatic substrate.

• IPA^(key): /kɯɫɑˈvuz/
• Hyphenation: kı‧la‧vuz

kılavuz (definite accusative kılavuzu, plural kılavuzlar)

1. a guide, in the plain general or abstract sense
   1. a guide, who leads on the way, particularly someone who knows the terrain of a country and thus can guide an army

      Synonyms: rehber, (archaic) delil

   2. a guide who shows the right way, e.g.; a mentor, spiritual guide, guru, sheikh

      Synonym: (dated) mürşit

2. guide book, manual
3. someone who procures an affair as an intermediate, who makes enquiries etc., such as a matchmaker to report upon a proposed bride on the part of a suitor
4. (figurative) role model, moral guide, beacon
5. (nautical) pilot (a person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast)

   Synonym: kılavuz kaptan

6. (nautical) pilot boat

   Synonym: kılavuz gemisi

7. (film) film leader; a length of film attached to the head or tail of a film to assist in threading a projector or telecine
8. a tool used to cut threads/grooves inside a nut or a pipe
9. wire guide; a hard object to which a flexible thing (like a wire or cable) is attached when being passed through a narrow and long space