سرسم

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• سرسام (sersam)

Etymology

From Persian سرسام (sarsâm, “brain fever”).

Adjective

سرسم • (sersem)

1. stunned; stupefied; unconscious
2. 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^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 673b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sersem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سرسام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1052