korkunç

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قورقنج, morphologically kork- +‎ -un +‎ -ç.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: kor‧kunç

Adjective

korkunç

  1. scary, frightening
  2. terrible
    • 1929 December 31, Cumhuriyet:
      Avrupa'da dehşetli ve korkunç fırtınalar var
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

  • korkunçlaşmak
  • korkunçlaştırmak
  • korkunçluk

References

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