sarmaş dolaş
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صارماش طولاش (ṣarmaş dolaş),[1][2] from صارماش (ṣarmaş) + طولاش (dolaş),[3] equivalent to sar- (“to wrap, to wind”) + -ma + -ş + dola- (“to wind around”) + -ş.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (figuratively) In a hugging, cuddling state.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صارماش طولاش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1155
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صارماش طولاش اولمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 746
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sarmaş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “sarmaş dolaş”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sarmaş dolaş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4081