pudra

Pudra is a Turkish word that denotes powder, a fine dry substance composed of small particles used for coating, dusting, or mixing into other substances. In everyday Turkish, pudra is used for both cosmetic powders and food powders. It appears in common phrases such as pudra şekeri, meaning powdered sugar, and is used on product labels to indicate powdered forms of ingredients or cosmetics.

The term is a loanword from the French poudre, meaning powder. It entered Turkish through contact with European languages during the late Ottoman period and has since become a standard part of the modern Turkish vocabulary.

Outside Turkish, the form pudra is less common but can appear in neighboring languages as a loanword for powder, reflecting its shared etymological origin with many words for powder in Western languages.

Related terms include powder, poudre, and powdered sugar.