Arabic

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish بوغاز (boğaz).

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Noun

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بُوغَاز (būḡāzm (plural بَوَاغِيز (bawāḡīz))

  1. inlet

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Khalaj

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Noun

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بوْغاز (boğaz) (definite accusative بوْغازؽ, plural بوْغازلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of boğaz (throat)

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Ottoman Turkish

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بوغاز

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *boguŕ (throat); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰔 (boɣuz), Azerbaijani boğaz, Bashkir боғаҙ (boğaź), Chuvash пыр (pyr), Kyrgyz богуз (boguz), Turkmen bogaz, Uyghur بوغۇز (boghuz) and Uzbek boʼgʼiz.

Noun

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بوغاز (boğaz) (plural بوغازلر)

  1. throat, the front part of the neck, between the chin and the breast
    Synonyms: حلق (halk), گلو (gulu)
  2. gullet, esophagus, the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
    Synonyms: حلق (halk), گلو (gulu), نای (nay)
  3. windpipe, trachea, the cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi
    Synonyms: حلق (halk), غرتلاق (gırtlak), گلو (gulu), نای (nay)
  4. (by extension) sound, strait, a narrow channel connecting two larger bodies of water
  5. (by extension) canyon, defile, gorge, any narrow pass between mountains
    Synonyms: حلق (halk), دره (dere)
  6. (in furriery) the fur of the throat of any beast

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