سرسم
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- سرسام (sersam)
Etymology
From Persian سرسام (sarsâm, “brain fever”).
Adjective
سرسم • (sersem)
- stunned; stupefied; unconscious
- giddy, foolish, silly
Descendants
- Turkish: sersem
- → Armenian: սերսեմ (sersem), սարսամ (sarsam)
- → Bulgarian: серсе́м (sersém)
- → Crimean Tatar: sersem
- → Georgian: სერსემი (sersemi)
- → Greek: σερσέμης (sersémis)
- → Hungarian: szerszem
- → Macedonian: серсем (sersem)
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سرسم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 673b
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sersem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سرسام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1052