lostra
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لوسترو (lostro, lustro, “shoe polish”), from Italian lustro (“shine, gloss”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: los‧tra
Noun
[edit]lostra (definite accusative lostrayı, plural lostralar)
- blacking, shoe polish, a product rubbed onto shoes to make them shine
- Synonym: ayakkabı boyama
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lostra”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2980
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lostra”, in Nişanyan Sözlük