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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian .
Noun
رامش • (râmiş) (definite accusative رامشی (râmişi), plural رامشلر (râmişler))
- rest, repose, relaxation, the temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep
- Synonym: استراحت (istirahat)
- fun, amusement, entertainment, enjoyment, any activity designed to give diversion or relaxation to an audience
- Synonyms: اكلنجه (eğlence), جنبش (cümbüş), كیف (keyf)
- music, a series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody and rhythm
- Synonym: موسیقی (musiki)
Derived terms
- رامشكاه (râmişgâh, “place of repose”)
- رامشكر (râmişger, “musician, singer”)
- رامشی (râmişî, “pertaining to music”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ramiş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3936
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “râmiş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1278
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Cantatio”, 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 143
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “رامش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2265
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رامش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 958