خلوصكار

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• խուլուսքեար (huluskâr) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From خلوص (hulus, “purity”) ‎ ـكار (-kâr, agent suffix).

Adjective

خلوصكار • (huluskâr)

1. pure, sincere
2. sycophantic, flattering

Derived terms

• خلوصكارانه (huluskârane)
• خلوصكارلق (huluskârlık)
• خلوصكاری (huluskâri)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: huluskâr

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “huluskâr”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2004b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خلوصكار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 550a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خلوصكار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 862a
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “خلوصكار”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 587c