parlak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پارلاق (parlak).

Adjective

parlak

1. bright (as in light)
2. intellectually bright, successful
3. (slang) beautiful faced
4. (gay slang) hairless

Related terms

• parlamak

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “parlamak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پارلاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 432