is.
soot, lampblack, particles of amorphous carbon and tar produced by the incomplete combustion of coal
Meaning & usage
soot, lampblack, particles of amorphous carbon and tar produced by the incomplete combustion of coal
fume, a material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state and re-coalesced to the solid state
synonym of sürme (“kohl”)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایس (is, “soot”), from Proto-Turkic *ï̄ĺ(č) (“soot, dirty smoke”). Cognate with Azerbaijani his and Chuvash йӑс (jăs).
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