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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

cila.

A mixture used to give shine to wooden, metallic, leather etc. objects; polish, luster.

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/d͡ʒiˈlaː/
  1. A mixture used to give shine to wooden, metallic, leather etc. objects; polish, luster.

  2. The state of having shine, lustre.

  3. A fake and deceptive appearance; varnish, false front.

    figuratively
  4. Unnecessarily or excessively showy appearance.

    figuratively
  5. A softer liquor drunk after a hard liquor.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جلا (cilā, “a cleansing, furbishing, burnishing; brightness, gloss, luster, any substance or process that gives luster; a polish; a dispelling grief, anxiety”), from Arabic جَلَاء (jalāʔ), verbal noun of جَلَا (jalā, “to polish, to clear, to remove, to depart”).

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