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Turkishblind word

yakamoz

yah-kah-MOZ[jakaˈmoz]

Pronunciation: Speaker: Wreaderick Recorder: Wreaderick · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

light on the night sea, from moonlight to plankton glow — the moonglade

Closest in English: moonglade, sea-sparkle, seasparkle. None of them covers it.

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The story

Turkish took the word from Greek and uses it for any light the night sea gives back, from the moon's track to plankton flaring blue around an oar. In 2007 a German magazine's worldwide poll crowned it the most beautiful word in the world. English has a rare old word for the moonlit kind: moonglade.

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  1. Which language is it from?Turkish
  2. When do you see it?A calm, clear night by the water
  3. Where does the word come from?Borrowed long ago from Greek
  4. What does it mean?Light glittering on the sea at night