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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

korku.

fear, horror, scare, dread, trepidation

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/koɾˈku/
  1. fear, horror, scare, dread, trepidation

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish قورقو (korku), equivalent to kork- (“to be afraid”) + -u (deverbal nominal suffix).

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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.