zemheri

Turkish

Alternative forms

• zemperi (Trabzon)

Etymology

A vulgar form of Ottoman Turkish زمهریر (zemherir), from Arabic زَمْهَرِير‎ (zamharīr).

Noun

zemheri

1. intense cold; the depths of winter

   zemheri zürafası (jocular) ― one who wears very inadequate clothes in winter

2. (dialectal) January

Descendants

• → Laz: ზემფერი (zemperi)

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zemheri”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1278a
• Kowalski, Tadeusz (1930) “Zu den türkischen Monatsnamen”, in Archív Orientalni‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, pages 16–17