korkunç

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قورقنج‎, from the same root as korkmak.

Adjective

korkunç

scary, frightening
terrible
- 1929 December 31, Cumhuriyet:
  Avrupa'da dehşetli ve korkunç fırtınalar var
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “korkunç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قورقنج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1484

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