گوشك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• كوشك (gevşek)

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *geŋşek (“loose, slack”), a development of *geŋşe- (“to become loose, slack”), whence گوشمك (gevşemek, “to become loose, slack”). Related to گݣیش (geñiş, “wide, spacious”) and گیݣ (geñ, “wide, broad”).

Adjective

گوشك • (gevşek)

1. loose, slack, lax, not fixed in place tightly or firmly

   Synonym: بول (bol)

2. relaxed, laid-back, free from tension or anxiety, at ease
3. slack, lacking diligence or care, not earnest or eager

   Synonym: طمرسز (damarsız)

4. flabby, flaccid, slouchy, hanging loose by its own weight

Derived terms

• آغیزی گوشك (ağızı gevşek, “whose mouth is loose”)
• گوشكلتمك (gevşekletmek, “to make become loose”)
• گوشكلك (gevşeklik, “looseness”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: gevşek

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gevşek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1695
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كوشك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 402b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوشك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1055
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Laxus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 928
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كوشك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4081
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gevşek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوشك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1595