al
Meaning
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- blood red (specifically the red on the flag of Turkey)
- (dated) dark red
- (broadly) red (in general)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑɫ/
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آل (al), from Proto-Turkic *āl (“red, crimson”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞 (āl) and akin to Proto-Tungusic *pula (“red”) and Proto-Mongolic *hulaxan (“red”)
New
almak
- to take
- to buy
- (transitive) to depilate
- (transitive) (of a man) to marry a woman
- (ditransitive) to take as a wife to usually one's son
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