boylu

From boy +‎ -lu.

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boylu (comparative daha boylu, superlative ən boylu)

1. tall (of people)

   Synonyms: ucaboy, boylu-buxunlu, qədd-qamətli

   boylu adam ― a tall person

2. tall (of trees)

   Synonym: uca

   boylu ağac ― a tall tree

3. (colloquial) pregnant

   Synonyms: hamilə, ikicanlı

• boylu kran (“tower crane”)

• “boylu” in Obastan.com.

From boy (“length”) +‎ -lu.

• Hyphenation: boy‧lu

boylu

1. tall

• “boylu”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بویلو (boylu). By surface analysis, boy (“stature”) +‎ -lu (“-ful”). Cognate to Karakhanid بُوذْلُغْ (būḏluġ /⁠bōḏluġ⁠/).

• IPA^(key): /bojˈɫu/
• Hyphenation: boy‧lu

boylu

1. having a certain stature or height

   kısa boylu ― of short stature; short

   uzun boylu ― of tall stature; tall

2. tall

• “boylu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “boylu”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı