parlak
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پارلاق (parlak).
Adjective
parlak
- bright (as in light)
- intellectually bright, successful
- (slang) beautiful faced
- (gay slang) hairless, clean shaven
- Parlak gelmişsin, şaşırdım.
- You're clean shaven, surprising.
Related terms
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