topaz

See also: Topaz

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊˌpæz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊˌpæz/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

topaz (usually uncountable, plural topazes)

the mineral topaz

Facet cut topaz gemstones in various colors

1. A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities.
2. An often clear, yellowish-brown gemstone cut from this.
   • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.

3. A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.

   topaz:  

4. (heraldry) Or (gold or yellow), in blazoning by precious stones.
   • 1720, Francis Nichols, Rudiments of Honour, page 296:

     Elgin. Topaz a Saltier and Chief Ruby, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; and the Field Topaz, and Saltier, and Chief Ruby, was the Arms of King Robert the Bruce, they altering the Field from Pearl (as he bore it) to Topaz. / Eglington. Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Saphyr three Flower-de-Lis's Topaz, for Montgomery; 2d and 3d, Ruby three Anulets Topaz, ston'd Saphyr, for the Title of Eglington; […]

   • 1726, John Guillim, The Banner Display'd; Or, an Abridgment of Guillim, page 504:

     The Field is Ruby, on a Bend Topaz, three Martlets Diamond. […] 4. Pearl, on a Bend Diamond, nine Annulets conjoined in three Links Topaz.

   • 1754, John Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the ..., page 71:

     (1) Pearl, a Cross, Ruby, with the Effigies of our Saviour thereon, Topaz, born in Memory of one of the Family's fighting against the Turks. (2) Topaz, a Chief Indented, Saphire. (3) Ruby, three covered Cups, Topaz […]

5. Either of two species of very large hummingbirds in the genus Topaza.
6. A ruby-topaz hummingbird, Chrysolampis mosquitus, the male of which has bright ruby feathers on the head and topaz on the throat

Descendants

• → Irish: tópás
• → Welsh: topas

Translations

mineral

• Bulgarian: топа́з m (topáz)
• Dutch: topaas (nl) n
• Galician: topacio m, topaz m (archaic)
• Irish: afast m, tópás m
• Russian: топа́з (ru) m (topáz)
• Ukrainian: топа́з m (topáz)
• Welsh: topas

gem

• Arabic: تُوبَاز m (tūbāz)
• Armenian: տոպազ (hy) (topaz)
• Basque: topazio
• Belarusian: тапа́з m (tapáz)
• Bengali: পোখরাজ (bn) (pōkhoraj)
• Bulgarian: топаз m (topaz)
• Burmese: ဥဿဖရား (my) (u.ssa.hpa.ra:)
• Catalan: topazi m
• Cherokee: ᏙᏆᏏ (doquasi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黄玉 (zh) (huángyù)

• Czech: topaz (cs) m
• Danish: topas c
• Dutch: topaas (nl) m
• Esperanto: topazo
• Estonian: topaas
• Finnish: topaasi (fi)
• French: topaze (fr) f
• Galician: topacio m
• Georgian: ტოპაზი (ka) (ṭoṗazi)
• German: Topas (de) m
• Greek: τοπάζιο (el) n (topázio), τοπάζι (el) n (topázi)

  Ancient: χρυσόλιθος m (khrusólithos)

• Gujarati: પોખરાજ m (pokhrāj)
• Hebrew: טוֹפָּז (he) m (topáz), פִּטְדָה (he) f (pitdá)
• Hindi: पुखराज (hi) m (pukhrāj), पुष्पराग (hi) m (puṣparāg), पीतमणि (hi) f (pītamṇi), गोमेद (hi) m (gomed), गोमेधक (hi) m (gomedhak), गोमेदक (hi) m (gomedak)
• Hungarian: topáz (hu)
• Icelandic: tópas m
• Ido: topazo (io)
• Irish: tópás m, afast m
• Italian: topazio (it) m
• Japanese: トパーズ (topāzu), 黄玉 (ja) (おうぎょく, ōgyoku)
• Korean: 황옥 (ko) (hwang'ok)
• Latin: chrȳsolithos m (Classical)
• Latvian: topāzs m
• Lithuanian: topazas m
• Maori: topaha
• Mon: မၞိက်ဖုဿရာ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: topas (no) m

  Nynorsk: topas m

• Pali: phussarāga m
• Persian: زبرجد هندی (zebarjad-e hendi), توپاز (fa) (topâz)
• Polish: topaz (pl) m
• Portuguese: topázio (pt) m
• Romanian: topaz (ro) n
• Russian: топа́з (ru) m (topáz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: топаз m

  Roman: topaz (sh) m

• Slovak: topás m
• Slovene: topaz (sl) m
• Spanish: topacio (es) m
• Swahili: topazi, yakuti manjano
• Swedish: topas (sv)
• Tagalog: topasyo (tl)
• Thai: บุษย์น้ำทอง (bùt-náam-tɔɔng), บุษราคัม (th) (bùt-sà-raa-kam)
• Turkish: topaz (tr)
• Ukrainian: топа́з m (topáz)
• Welsh: topas m

colour

• Cherokee: ᏙᏆᏏ-ᏓᎶᏂᎨᎢ (doquasi-dalonigei)
• French: topaze (fr) f
• Swahili: rangi ya topazi

Adjective

topaz

1. Of a yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.

Translations

colour

• French: topaze (fr)
• German: topasen (de)
• Irish: órbhuí
• Polish: topazowy (pl)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• blue topaz
• Colorado topaz
• false topaz
• rose topaz
• topazolite

See also

• Appendix:Colors
• Killiecrankie diamond

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Topaz”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “topaz”, in Mindat.org‎^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Etymology 2

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.

Alternative forms

• toepass, topass, toupas

Noun

topaz (plural topazes)

1. (historical, British India) A black Catholic soldier in the British Army.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “topaz”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Czech

Alternative forms

• topas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtopas]

Noun

topaz m inan

1. topaz (clear, yellowish-brown gemstone)

Declension

Declension of topaz (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	topaz	topazy
genitive	topazu	topazů
dative	topazu	topazům
accusative	topaz	topazy
vocative	topaze	topazy
locative	topazu	topazech
instrumental	topazem	topazy

Derived terms

• topazový

 

Polish

topaz

Etymology

Borrowed from French topaze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.pas/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔpas
• Syllabification: to‧paz

Noun

topaz m inan (related adjective topazowy)

1. topaz (gem)

Declension

Declension of topaz

	singular	plural
nominative	topaz	topazy
genitive	topazu	topazów
dative	topazowi	topazom
accusative	topaz	topazy
instrumental	topazem	topazami
locative	topazie	topazach
vocative	topazie	topazy

Further reading

• topaz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• topaz in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French topaze.

Noun

topaz n (plural topaze)

1. topaz

Declension

Declension of topaz

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) topaz	topazul	(niște) topaze	topazele
genitive/dative	(unui) topaz	topazului	(unor) topaze	topazelor
vocative	topazule		topazelor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

topaz f (Cyrillic spelling топаз)

1. topaz (gemstone)