gülkurusu

Turkish

Etymology

From gül (“rose”) +‎ kuru (“dry, dried”) +‎ -(s)u (“possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟyl.ku.ɾu.su/
• Hyphenation: gül‧ku‧ru‧su

Noun

gülkurusu (definite accusative gülkurusunu, uncountable)

1. The color of a pink rose's petals when dried, a light, matte purpleish-pink tone.

   gülkurusu:  

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	gülkurusu
Definite accusative	gülkurusunu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gülkurusu	—
Definite accusative	gülkurusunu	—
Dative	gülkurusuna	—
Locative	gülkurusunda	—
Ablative	gülkurusundan	—
Genitive	gülkurusunun	—

Adjective

gülkurusu

1. Having the color of a pink rose's petals when dried.

See also

• limonküfü
• ördekbaşı
• vişneçürüğü
• yavruağzı

 

Further reading

• “gülkurusu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gülkurusu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1796