tedhiş

Turkish

Alternative forms

• tethiş

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تدهیش (tedhiş, “bewilderment; terror”), from Arabic تَدْهِيش (tadhīš), from دَهِشَ (dahiša).

Noun

tedhiş (definite accusative tedhişi, plural tedhişler) (archaic)

1. terror; (the act of) terrifying

Derived terms

• tedhişât
• tedhişçi

Related terms

• dehşet

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تدهیش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 357
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tedhiş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تدهیش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 523
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN