شمسیه

See also: شمسية

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَمْسِيَّة (šamsiyya, “umbrella; parasol”).

Noun

شمسیه • (şemsiye)

1. umbrella or parasol, a cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun
2. kind of pavilion, open about half round, and capable of being turned so as always to shade the occupant
3. (botany) umbel, a flat-topped or rounded flower cluster typical of the family Umbelliferae

Derived terms

• شمسیه آغاجی (şemsiye ağacı, “pagoda tree”)
• شمسیهجی (şemsiyeci, “maker or seller of umbrellas”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: şemsiye
• → Armenian: շեմշիյե (šemšiye)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şemsiye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4456
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شمسیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 734
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شمسیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1136