ÖZÜ / ÖZE (ÖZÜK)

According to the Dictionary of Turkish Dialects of Turkey, the word "ÖZÜ" also means "wetland, fertile place and pasture". In addition, the phonetic close form of this word, "USU", means "water" in some dialects, while the "ÖZE" form means "hot spring". What does ÖZÜk mean? The meaning of the word ÖZÜK in the historical Divanü Lügati't-Türk dictionary is "every place where a pool is made by carving" (In Turkish: oyularak havuz yapılan her yer) A brief explanation about the source dictionary: A dictionary written by Kâşgarlı Mahmud in Baghdad between 1072-1074. This word also appears in today's dictionaries with more than one meaning. See: https://sozce.com/nedir/252115-ozuk Note: In the Voynich texts (in the author's dialect), the final K sound is dropped and the Z sound in the middle is transformed into the S sound (in the form of ÖSÜ instead of ÖZÜK). The phonetic values ​​of both words are quite close and the described "Z > S sound changes" in different dialects of Turkish, and the dropping of the final consonant is a well-known situation recorded in different dialects of Turkish.