ساده‌لك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From ساده (sade, “plain, simple, unadorned”) +‎ ـلك (-lik, lük, “-ness, -ship, -hood”).

Noun

ساده‌لك • (sadelik)

1. plainness, simplicity, unadornedness, the state or quality of being plain, simple, or unadorned

   Synonym: دوزلك (düzlük)

Descendants

• Turkish: sadelik

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sadelik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4005
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ساده‌لك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1026