melul

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Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ma-lulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.

Verb

melul

  1. to broil, roast

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • melül (superseded spelling, regional)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ملول (melul, low-spirited, sad, vexed, disgusted),[1][2] from Arabic مَلُول (malūl), from مَلَّ (malla, to be affected by vexation).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈluːl/
  • Hyphenation: me‧lul

Adjective

melul

  1. (now poetic) sad, depressed, crestfallen
    Synonyms: üzgün, mahzun, mükedder, (archaic) meyus

Declension

Adverb

melul

  1. In a miserable, crestfallen manner.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ملول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1973
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ملول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1222
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “melul”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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