شاشمق
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *siāĺ- (“to be astonished, to slander”).
Verb
شاشمق • (şaşmak)
- to miss one's way, to be surprised, be completely bewildered
Derived terms
- شاشرمق (şaşırmak)
- شاشه قالمق (şaşa kalmak)
- شلشوب قالمق (şaşıp kalmak)
Related terms
- شاشی (şaşı)
Descendants
- Turkish: şaşmak
- → Armenian: շաշմել (šašmel)
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شاشمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1109
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “شاشمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 714