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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian ابریشم (abrišam, “silk”).
Noun
ابرشیم • (ibrişim)
- silk, a fine fiber excreted by the silkworm
- Synonyms: ایپك (ipek), حریر (harir), قز (kazz)
- doubly twisted silk thread, as used for sewing, tassels etc.
- silken cord, for a harp, lute etc.
Derived terms
- ابرشیمجی (ibrişimci, “maker or seller of silk thread”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ibrişim”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2075
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ابرشیم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 46
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sericum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1545
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ابرشیم”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 23–24
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ابرشیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 12