# یوز
## Khowar
### Etymology

From Sanskrit अवश्या (avaśyā, “hoarfrost”).

### Noun

یوز (yoz)
* ice

### References

* Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2022) “یوز”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio‎, second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 2023-01-19.

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yǖŕ (“hundred”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰇𐰕 (yüz), Azerbaijani yüz, Bashkir йөҙ (yöź), Chuvash ҫӗр (śĕr), Kazakh жүз (jüz), Kyrgyz жүз (jüz), Turkmen ýüz, Uyghur يۈز (yüz), Uzbek yuz and Yakut сүүс (süüs).

#### Numeral

یوز • (yüz)
* hundred, a numerical value equal to 100 (10$^2$), occurring after ninety-nine
    Synonyms: صد (sed), مائه (mıʼa)

##### Derived terms

* یوز بیك (yüz biñ, “a hundred thousand”)
* یوزباشی (yüzbaşı, “centurion”)
* یوزر (yüzer, “one hundred each”)
* یوزلرجه (yüzlerce, “in hundreds”)
* یوزلك (yüzlük, “coin of a hundred piastres”)
* یوزنجی (yüzüncü, “one hundredth”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: yüz

#### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “یوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 890
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yüz2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5414
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “یوز”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 512b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1363
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Centum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 169
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یوز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 5619
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yüz2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2214

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yǖŕ (“face”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰇𐰕 (yüz), Azerbaijani yüz, Bashkir йөҙ (yöź), Chuvash ҫӗр (śĕr), Kazakh жүз (jüz), Kyrgyz жүз (jüz), Turkmen ýüz, Uyghur يۈز (yüz), Uzbek yuz and Yakut сүүс (süüs).

#### Noun

یوز • (yüz) (definite accusative یوزی (yüzü), plural یوزلر (yüzler))
* face, visage, countenance, the front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area
    Synonyms: چهره (çehre), رو (rû), وجه (vech, vecih)
* (by extension) face, surface, the outermost or uppermost layer of a physical object and usually the first region that can be perceived by an observer
    Synonym: اوست (üst)
* (figuratively) impudence, insolence, cheek, brazenness, effrontery, the quality of being impudent or cheeky, lack of respect
    Synonym: پیشانی (pişanî)

##### Derived terms

* ایچ یوزی (iç yüzü, “inner surface”)
* یر یوزی (yer yüzü, “ground, surface of the earth”)
* یوز بولمق (yüz bolmak, “to become impudent”)
* یوز سورمك (yüz sürmek, “to pay homage to a superior”)
* یوز سوری (yüz sürü, “bead of black coral”)
* یوز صویی (yüz suyu, “self-respect”)
* یوز طوتمق (yüz tutmak, “to begin, to turn toward”)
* یوز قره‌سی (yüz karası, “shame, dishonor, disgrace”)
* یوز كورملكی (yüz görümlüğü, “present given to the bride”)
* یوز كوز اولمق (yüz göz olmak, “to be intimate with inferiors”)
* یوز ویرمك (yüz virmek, “to give encouragement”)
* یوز چویرمك (yüz çevirmek, “to desert”)
* یوز یازیسی (yüz yazısı, “embellishment on a lady's face”)
* یوز یاصدغی (yüz yasdığı, “a pillow on which to lay one's head”)
* یوز یوزه (yüz yüze, “face to face”)
* یوزده (yüzde, “on the face, on the surface”)
* یوزسز (yüzsüz, “faceless”)
* یوزلشمك (yüzleşmek, “to meet face to face”)
* یوزلك (yüzlük, “any covering for the face”)
* یوزلمك (yüzlemek, “to face”)
* یوزلنمك (yüzlenmek, “to grow bold, impudent”)
* یوزلو (yüzlü, “faced, visaged”)
* یوزه اورمق (yüze urmak, “to reproach”)
* یوزی طوتمامق (yüzü tutmamak, “to feel ashamed to do a thing”)
* یوزی قره (yüzü kara, “in disgrace”)
* یوزی قوین (yüzü koyun, “flat on the face”)
* یوزی پك (yüzü pek, “shameless, brazen-faced”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: yüz

#### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “یوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 890
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yüz1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5410
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “یوز”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 512b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1363
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Facies”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 540
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یوز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 5619
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yüz1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2214

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian یوز (yuz, “cheetah”), from Middle Persian ywc (yōz)

#### Noun

یوز • (yuz) (definite accusative یوزی (yuzu), plural یوزلر (yuzlar))
* panther, any mammal of the genus Panthera, which includes big cats such as the leopard, jaguar, tiger, etc.
    Synonyms: بارس (“bars”), پلنك (“peleng”)
* cheetah, a distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard

##### Descendants

* Turkish: yuz

#### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “یوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 890
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yuz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5394
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “یوز”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 513a
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1363
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Panther”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1238
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یوز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 5622
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2214

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian ywc (yōz); see there for further information.

### Noun

یوز • (yuz)
* cheetah
* dog which hunts by the scent

#### Derived terms

* یوزک (yuzak)
* یوزپلنگ (yuzpalang)

#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “يوز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul