yıldırım

From Ottoman Turkish یلدرم‎ (yıldırım, “thunderbolt”). Earliest attested in Kipchak records in 1312 as یولدوروم‎ (yuldurum, “spark”) together with the deriving stem [script needed] (yuldura-, “to shine”), also Ottoman Turkish یلدرامق‎ (yıldıramak, “to flash, gleam, glitter”). Equivalent to یلدرا‎ (yıldıra-, “to flash”) + ـم‎ (-ım, “noun forming suffix”).

Cognate with Azerbaijani ildırım (“lightning, thunder”), Turkmen ýyldyrym (“lightning, thunder”). Akin to Karakhanid [script needed] (yuldrık, “sparkling, shining”) from [script needed] (yuldramāk, “to shine”).

• IPA^(key): /jɯɫ.dɯˈrɯm/

yıldırım (definite accusative yıldırımı, plural yıldırımlar)

1. (meteorology) thunderbolt

• yıldız
• yaldız

• şimşek
• ışın