سرسم

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

سرسام (sersam)

Etymology

From Persian (sarsâm, “brain fever”).

Adjective

سرسم • (sersem)

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

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