Ottoman Turkish

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یلپازه

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yelpi- (hand fan), influenced by Persian بادزن (bâdzan), variant of بادبیزن (bâdbizan, hand fan). Cognate with Azerbaijani yelpik, Kazakh желпуіш (jelpuış), Kyrgyz желпнигич (jelpnigic), Turkmen ýelpewaç, Uyghur يەلپۈگۈچ (yelpügüch) and Uzbek yelpigʻich.

Noun

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یلپازه (yelpaze)

  1. fan, a hand-held device used to move air towards oneself in order to cool oneself
    Synonyms: بادزن (badzen), مروح (mırvah)

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