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is.

soot, lampblack, particles of amorphous carbon and tar produced by the incomplete combustion of coal

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈis/
  1. soot, lampblack, particles of amorphous carbon and tar produced by the incomplete combustion of coal

  2. fume, a material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state and re-coalesced to the solid state

  3. 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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