صیق
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
From Common Turkic *sïk.
Adjective
صیق • (sık)
- thick, dense
Descendants
- → Armenian: սըխ (səx)
Adverb
صیق • (sık)
- often, frequently
Derived terms
- صیق صیق (sık sık)
Descendants
- Turkish: sık
Etymology 2
From Arabic صِيق (ṣīq, “storm, wind”), alternative form of زِيق (zīq, “storm, wind”), or perhaps in view of the rarity of the former form rather the latter with sound confusion as exemplified under Azerbaijani zəngin.
Noun
صیق • (sık)
- dust storm
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “صیق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 780
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “sık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “صیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1200
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “صیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1201