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soluk.

Having lost color; pale, faded, pasty.

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj/soˈɫuk/
  1. Having lost color; pale, faded, pasty.

  2. Having lost brightness or strength, faint, dull, dim.

  3. Having lost vibrancy; matte, pastel.

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish صولق (ṣoluḳ, “faded, withered”), derived from Ottoman Turkish صولمق (ṣolmaḳ, “to fade, to wither”), from Proto-Turkic *sol- (“(of plants) to lose greenness”), morphologically sol- + -uk.

noun/soˈɫuk/
  1. Breath, the act of breathing

  2. Style, trend.

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish صولوق (ṣoluḳ, “breath, violent breathing or panting”), derived from Ottoman Turkish صولومق (ṣolumaḳ, “to breathe, to breathe heavily, to pant”), from Proto-Turkic *solu- (“to breathe with difficulty”), morphologically solu- + -k. Cognate with Azerbaijani soluq.

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