kaya tuzu
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish قیا طوزی (literally “rock salt”); equivalent to kaya (“rock”) + tuz (“salt”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkaya tuzu (definite accusative kaya tuzunu, plural kaya tuzları)
- (mineralogy) halite, rock salt
- rock salt (coarsely ground salt)
Hypernyms
editFurther reading
edit- “kaya tuzu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “kayatuzu”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kaya tuzu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2429