cila.
A mixture used to give shine to wooden, metallic, leather etc. objects; polish, luster.
Meaning & usage
A mixture used to give shine to wooden, metallic, leather etc. objects; polish, luster.
The state of having shine, lustre.
A fake and deceptive appearance; varnish, false front.
Unnecessarily or excessively showy appearance.
A softer liquor drunk after a hard liquor.
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.