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

Inflection
Nominative	hulus
Definite accusative	hulusu
	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