meliz

Turkish

Alternative forms

• melis, milis, miliz

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μέλισσα (mélissa). Doublet of melisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈliz/
• Hyphenation: me‧liz

Noun

meliz (definite accusative melizi, plural melizler) (dialectal, Istanbul, Niğde, Konya, Adana, İçel)

1. honey bee

   Synonym: bal arısı

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	meliz
Definite accusative	melizi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meliz	melizler
Definite accusative	melizi	melizleri
Dative	melize	melizlere
Locative	melizde	melizlerde
Ablative	melizden	melizlerden
Genitive	melizin	melizlerin

Related terms

• marmelat
• melas
• melisa
• mildiyu

 

Further reading

• “meliz”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume IX, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977, page 3157b