kuru

Meaning

Adj

1. dry, arid
2. emaciated
3. dried, desiccated, exsiccated, parched
4. depleted
5. without the accompany of other food
6. (colloquial) skinny
7. (figuratively) dry, bland, tasteless
8. (figuratively) dry, monotone

Noun

definite accusative singular of kur

kur

• Noun
• Verb

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Concepts

dry

arid

meager

corky

gaunt

hungry

juice

poor

scholastic

scraggy

desiccated

kuru

pure

unadorned

bare

naked

Opposite of

yaş, nemli

Synonyms

kurak

kara

kemikleri çıkmış

kısır

kurumuş

soluk

cılız

susuz

çiroz gibi

Translations

trocken

sec

seco

secco

seco

asciutto

dürr

aride

siccus

جاف

droog

efflanqué

يابس

séché

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قورو

Cognate with Azerbaijani: quru

Cognate with Tatar: коры

Cognate with Karachay-Balkar: къуру

Cognate with Uzbek: quruq

Cognate with Uyghur: قۇرۇق

Cognate with Khakas: хуруғ

Cognate with Chuvash: хӑрӑк

In summary

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)”).