delişmen
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish دلیشمن (delişmen), form of Proto-Turkic *tẹ̄l(b)ür- (“to go mad”) (modern delirmek).
Adjective
[edit]delişmen
- spoiled
- Synonym: şımarık
- irresponsible
- Synonym: zıpır
- impulsive
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “delişmen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1140
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دلیشمن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “delişmen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük