Where does “gülərüzlü” come from?
gülərüzlü (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani gülərüz, from Azerbaijani gülər, from Azerbaijani gülmək, from Azerbaijani üz, from Old Anatolian Turkish یوز, from Proto-Turkic yǖz, from Proto-Turkic yǖŕ — hundred; face.
Ancestry of “gülərüzlü”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijani | gülərüz | affable, friendly, kind |
| 2 | Azerbaijani | gülər | — |
| 3 | Azerbaijani | gülmək | to laugh |
| 4 | Azerbaijani | üz | face; impudence, insolence, effrontery; cheek,... |
| 5 | Old Anatolian Turkish | یوز | hundred, a numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | yǖz | hundred |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | yǖŕ | hundred; face |