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

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