hulus

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خلوص (hulus), from Arabic خُلُوص (ḵulūṣ), verbal noun of خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, “to be pure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huˈlus/, (definite accusative) /hu.luːˈsu/
• Hyphenation: hu‧lus

Noun

hulus (definite accusative hulusu, plural huluslar) (archaic)

1. purity of heart

   Synonym: saflık

2. (figurative) flattery

   Synonym: dalkavukluk

Declension

Declension of hulus

	singular	plural
nominative	hulus	huluslar
definite accusative	hulusu	hulusları
dative	hulusa	huluslara
locative	hulusta	huluslarda
ablative	hulustan	huluslardan
genitive	hulusun	hulusların

Derived terms

• hulus çakmak
• huluskâr

Related terms

• halas
• halis
• hülasa
• ihlas
• mahlas
• muhlis
• tahlis
• tahlisiye

Further reading

• “hulus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hulus”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2004a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hulus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük