topaz

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From Old French topace (compare French topaze), from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

From the precious stone topaz.

Various theories. Hobson-Jobson mentions as possibilities a corruption of Persian (from Turkish) top-chi, "gunner", or a connection with topee, from the hats they wore.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: topaze — colour
• German: topasen — colour
• Irish: órbhuí — colour
• Polish: topazowy — colour
• Bulgarian: топа́з (topáz) — mineral
• Catalan: topazi — mineral
• Dutch: topaas — mineral
• Galician: topacio — mineral
• Galician: topaz — mineral
• Irish: afast — mineral
• Irish: tópás — mineral
• Russian: топа́з (topáz) — mineral
• Swedish: topas — mineral
• Ukrainian: топа́з (topáz) — mineral
• Welsh: topas — mineral
• Arabic: تُوبَاز (tūbāz) — gem
• Armenian: տոպազ (topaz) — gem
• Basque: topazio — gem
• Belarusian: тапа́з (tapáz) — gem
• Bengali: পোখরাজ (pōkhoraj) — gem
• Bulgarian: топаз (topaz) — gem
• Burmese: ဥဿဖရား (u.ssa.hpa.ra:) — gem
• Catalan: topazi — gem
• Cherokee: ᏙᏆᏏ (doquasi) — gem
• Chinese Mandarin: 黄玉 (huángyù) — gem
• Czech: topaz — gem
• Danish: topas — gem
• Dutch: topaas — gem
• Esperanto: topazo — gem
• Estonian: topaas — gem
• Finnish: topaasi — gem
• French: topaze — gem
• Galician: topacio — gem
• Georgian: ტოპაზი (ṭoṗazi) — gem
• German: Topas — gem
• Greek: τοπάζιο (topázio) — gem
• Greek: τοπάζι (topázi) — gem
• Ancient Greek: χρυσόλιθος (khrusólithos) — gem
• Gujarati: પોખરાજ (pokhrāj) — gem
• Hebrew: טוֹפָּז (topáz) — gem
• Hebrew: פִּטְדָה (pitdá) — gem
• Hindi: पुखराज (pukhrāj) — gem
• Hindi: पुष्पराग (puṣparāg) — gem
• Hindi: पीतमणि (pītamṇi) — gem
• Hindi: गोमेद (gomed) — gem
• Hindi: गोमेधक (gomedhak) — gem
• Hindi: गोमेदक (gomedak) — gem
• Hungarian: topáz — gem
• Icelandic: tópas — gem
• Ido: topazo — gem
• Irish: tópás — gem
• Irish: afast — gem
• Italian: topazio — gem
• Japanese: トパーズ (topāzu) — gem
• Japanese: 黄玉 (ōgyoku) — gem
• Korean: 황옥 (hwang'ok) — gem
• Latin: chrȳsolithos — gem
• Latvian: topāzs — gem
• Lithuanian: topazas — gem
• Māori: topaha — gem
• Mon: မၞိက်ဖုဿရာ — gem
• Norwegian Bokmål: topas — gem
• Norwegian Nynorsk: topas — gem
• Pali: phussarāga — gem
• Persian: زبرجد هندی (zebarjad-e hendi) — gem
• Persian: توپاز (topâz) — gem
• Persian: بسراق (bosrāq) — gem
• Persian: یاقوت زرد (yāqut-e zard) — gem
• Polish: topaz — gem
• Portuguese: topázio — gem
• Romanian: topaz — gem
• Russian: топа́з (topáz) — gem
• Serbo-Croatian: топаз — gem
• Serbo-Croatian: topaz — gem
• Slovak: topás — gem
• Slovene: topaz — gem
• Spanish: topacio — gem
• Swahili: topazi — gem
• Swahili: yakuti manjano — gem
• Swedish: topas — gem
• Tagalog: topasyo — gem
• Telugu: పుష్యరాగం (puṣyarāgaṁ) — gem
• Thai: บุษย์น้ําทอง (bùt-náam-tɔɔng) — gem
• Thai: บุษราคัม (bùt-sà-raa-kam) — gem
• Turkish: topaz — gem
• Ukrainian: топа́з (topáz) — gem
• Welsh: topas — gem
• Cherokee: ᏙᏆᏏ-ᏓᎶᏂᎨᎢ (doquasi-dalonigei) — colour
• French: topaze — colour
• Swahili: rangi ya topazi — colour