ziya

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ضیا (zıya), from Arabic ضِيَاء (ḍiyāʔ).

Noun

ziya (definite accusative ziyayı, plural ziyalar) (archaic)

1. light

   Synonyms: ışık, aydınlık

   • 1934 October 31, lighting advertisement in Vakit, page 12:

     Kamaştırmıyan bir ziya ila müşteriyi celbetmek lâzımdır.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ziya”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5491
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ziya1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1216
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN