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çul.

A rough fabric generally woven of animal hair.

3 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡ʃul/
  1. A rough fabric generally woven of animal hair.

  2. A cloth used to cover animals, generally woven of animal hair; a saddlecloth.

  3. A simple fabric Tekke attendants cover oneselves with.

  4. clothing, outfit

    figuratively · informal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چول (çul, “haircloth, a horse's covering or blanket, a horse-cloth”), from Persian جل (joll) or جول (jūl, “horse-covering, saddlecloth”), shares common origin with Arabic جُلّ (jull, “horse-covering, saddlecloth”). Cognate with Azerbaijani çul, Turkmen jul, Uyghur جۇل (jul), Uzbek jul.

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