yaldızlı

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یالدیزلی (yaldızlı), equivalent to yaldız +‎ -lı.

Adjective

yaldızlı

  1. gilded
    • 1929 January 4, Son Saat, advertisement, page 2:
      Altın yaldızlı tabelalar, mağaza camları, büyük her nevi yağlı boya ve yaldızlı levhalar yazılır.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. eye-catching but deceptive

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “yaldızlı”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “yaldızlı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5176
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