صوغوقلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From صوغوق (soğuk, “cold”) +‎ ـلق (-luk, “-ness”).

Noun

صوغوقلق • (soğukluk)

1. coldness, the sensation resulting from exposure to low temperatures
2. coldness, frigidity, coolness of feeling, manner or quality
3. (in hammams) frigidarium, a room with a bath of cold water
4. kind of sweet dish designed to be served cold, usually eaten after meals

Derived terms

• بل صوغوقلغی (bel soğukluğu, “gonorrhea”)

Descendants

• Turkish: soğukluk

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “soğukluk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4281
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صوغوقلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 773
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صوغوقلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1192