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buz

Buz is a Turkish word meaning ice. It denotes frozen water and is used in everyday language to describe ice in drinks and on surfaces. Common phrases include buz gibi, meaning extremely cold, and buzlu, meaning icy or iced. The word also appears in a range of compound terms such as buzdolabı (refrigerator) and buzlu çay (iced tea). In addition to its ordinary noun use, buz is found as a component in descriptions of cold or frozen states in Turkish.

As a proper noun, buz occurs in some Turkic-speaking regions as place names or surnames. These uses

Overall, buz is a basic Turkish lexeme with a concrete meaning and a productive range of compounds,

are
unrelated
to
the
basic
meaning
of
ice
and
are
treated
as
fixed
names
rather
than
common
nouns.
Because
of
this,
instances
of
'Buz'
in
geography
or
biography
may
not
reflect
the
literal
sense
of
ice.
while
its
occurrence
as
a
proper
noun
reflects
naming
traditions
rather
than
a
semantic
extension
of
'ice.'