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Caucasian _khurma_, the little blood-red _kizil_, and many unnamed rarities.
A Tramp's Sketches Stephen Graham 1929
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To cite only two examples: kizil deli (lit: red madman), meaning
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Thus, by no stretch of the imagination can the use of kizil in kizilbas be construed to mean that kizil has any inherent meaning of amorousness in Turkish, as Eisiminger asserts.
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This is not to say that kizil does not have non-color connotations.
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` raving maniac, 'and kizil kiyamet (lit: ` red uproar'), meaning
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