دلیشمن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Possibly from دلی (deli, “mad, insane”) +‎ ـش (-ş) +‎ ـمن (-men).^[1]

Adjective

دلیشمن • (delişmen)

frolicsome, playful, eccentric

Descendants

Turkish: delişmen
→ Bulgarian: делишме́н (delišmén)

References

^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “delişmen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1140

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دلیشمن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 913
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دلیشمن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 580

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