صیق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Common Turkic *sïk.

Adjective

صیق • (sık)

1. thick, dense

   Synonym: كور (gür)

Descendants

• → Armenian: սըխ (səx)

Adverb

صیق • (sık)

1. 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)

1. dust storm

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صیق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 780
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1200
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1201