sucuk
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish صوجوق (sucuk), ultimately from Oğuz Turkic, a diminutive form of Old Turkic sugut- (suğut) ('to make arid, dehumidify') referring to the meat being dried before processing.[1]
Persian زیجک must be a Turkic borrowing, says Nişanyan.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sucuk (definite accusative sucuğu, plural sucuklar)