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kuru.

dry, arid

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj/kuˈɾu/

  1. dry, arid

  2. emaciated

  3. dried, desiccated, exsiccated, parched

  4. depleted

  5. without the accompany of other food

  6. skinny

    colloquial

  7. dry, bland, tasteless

    figuratively

  8. dry, monotone

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قورو (kuru), from Proto-Turkic *kūrug, from Proto-Turkic *kūru-. Cognate with Azerbaijani quru, Tatar коры (qorı), Karachay-Balkar къуру (quru), Uzbek quruq, Uyghur قۇرۇق (quruq), Khakas хуруғ (xuruğ), Chuvash хӑрӑк (hărăk, “dry (of wood)”).

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