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su.

water; H₂O

2 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/su/[sʊ]
  1. water; H₂O

  2. a body of water such as a lake or an ocean

  3. water supplied for drinking, cooking, cleaning, etc.

    Sular kesildi.
  4. juice

  5. the fragrant, distilled liquid obtained from flowers or the leaves of certain plants

  6. the liquid part of a food or dish

  7. a time, an occurence

    dialectal
    Meyveleri iki su yıka.
  8. the temper or hardness imparted to a metal tool by heating and then quenching it in water

  9. a decorative border or ornamental band along the edge of a carpet, fabric, miniature or other similar object

  10. the grain, the direction of the fibers

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish صو (su), from earlier *suv, from Proto-Turkic *sub (“water”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰽𐰆𐰉 (sub).

noun/su/[sʊ]
  1. only used in su uyur, düşman uyumaz

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish صو (su), from Proto-Turkic *sü (“army”).

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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.