mahmuz

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مهموز (mahmuz), itself from Arabic مِهْمَاز (mihmāz, “prod, spur, goad”).

Noun

mahmuz (definite accusative mahmuzi, plural mahmuzler)

1. spur, a rigid implement fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse
2. spur, an appendage pointing rearward, near the foot of some birds

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mahmuz
Definite accusative	mahmuzi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mahmuz	mahmuzler
Definite accusative	mahmuzi	mahmuzleri
Dative	mahmuze	mahmuzlere
Locative	mahmuzde	mahmuzlerde
Ablative	mahmuzden	mahmuzlerden
Genitive	mahmuzin	mahmuzlerin

Derived terms

• mahmuz çiçeği
• mahmuzcu
• mahmuzcuk
• mahmuzlamak
• mahmuzlanmak
• mahmuzlu

 

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mahmuz1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3018
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahmuz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük