vız

See also: viz, víz, viž, viz., vīž, віз, and виз

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish وز. Onomatopoeic.

Noun

vız (definite accusative vızı, plural vızlar)

1. buzz (sound of an insect)
2. Used in expressions to mean something trivial.
   • 1941 July 7, Nizamettin Nazif Tepedelenlioğlu, “Makedonya”, in En Son Havâdis:

     "Para vız gelir bana."

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vız”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2135
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN