لكه

See also: لکه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian لکه.

Noun

لكه • (leke)

1. spot, stain
2. speck
3. (figurative) a stain on one's character

Derived terms

• لكه‌جی (lekeci)
• لكه‌سز (lekesiz)
• لكه‌لك (lekelik)

Descendants

• Turkish: leke
• → Armenian: լաքա (lakʻa), լեքե (lekʻe), լաքյա (lakʻya); լէքէ (lēkʻē), լա̈գ^յա̈ (läg^yä), լա̈ք^յա̈ (läkʻ^yä); լաքայ (lakʻay)
• → Bulgarian: леке (leke)
• → Greek: λεκές (lekés)
• → Romanian: lichea

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “leke”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لكه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1639