ابسام

Khorezmian Turkic

Alternative forms

• ابسم

Adjective

ابسام (äbsäm)

1. silent
2. calm, quiet

   ابسام تورماق ― to stay silent

   ابسام قالماق ― to fall silent

   ابسام توتماق ― to keep silent (one's tongue; refrain from speaking)

Adverb

ابسام (äbsäm)

1. silently
   • 1342, Qutb, خسرو و شیرین‎ [Khosrow and Shirin], page 222; republished as Nadžip, Emir Nadžipovič, editor, Istoriko-sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov XIV veka, Moscow, 1979, page 153:

     قوتولغای سن بو قذغو قوذغودین هم
     قضاغا راضی بول یوسف تیک ابسام

     Qutulğay sän bu qaðğu-quðğudın häm
     Qäḍâğa râḍı bol Yüsüf teg äbsäm.

     You will rid yourself from these sorrows
     Silently resign to your fate, like Yusuf.

2. calmly, quietly

References

• Nadžip, Emir Nadžipovič (1979) Istoriko-sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov XIV veka [Historical-comparative dictionary of XIV-century Turkic languages], Moscow: Glavnaja redakcija vostočnoj literatury, pages 153-154