Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian گل بشکر (gol bašakar, rose jam).

Adjective

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gülməşəkər (comparative daha gülməşəkər, superlative ən gülməşəkər)

  1. (figurative) lovely, pleasant
  2. (figurative, by extension) unserious, unnotable
    • 2023 October 23, “'Uduzmuşam. Kişi kimi, çəkilmişəm kənara', ANS-in qurucusu Vahid Mustafayev ['I've lost. Like a man, and have stepped aside', the founder of ANS, Vahid Mustafayev]” (3:41 from the start), in BBC News Azərbaycanca [BBC News Azeri]‎[1]:
      ANS-in, yəni Vahid Mustafayevlə Seyfulla Mustafayevin yeganə rəqibi Çingiz Mustafayev idi Azərbaycanda. Başqaları bir az gülməşəkər televiziyalar idi, onlar bizə rəqib deyildilər.
      The only competitor of ANS in Azerbaijan, and by ANS, I mean, Vahid Mustafayev and Seyfulla Mustafayev, was Chingiz Mustafayev. The others were kind of unnotable, and they were no match for us.

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