Where does “kızıl” come from?
kızıl (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قزل, from Proto-Turkic kïŕïl, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ- — to be hot, glow, redden.
kızıl (Turkish): bright red, scarlet; communist; gold
Definitions
- bright red, scarlet; communist; gold
Ancestry of “kızıl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قزل | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | kïŕïl | red |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kï̄ŕ- | to be hot, glow, redden |
Words derived from “kızıl”