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Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian سرخوش (sarxoš, “drunk”), a compound of سر (sar, “head”) + خوش (xoš, “happy”).
Adjective
سرخوش • (sarhoş)
- drunk, inebriated, intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption
- Synonyms: سكران (sekran), گچكین (geçkin), مخمور (mahmur), مست (mest)
- happy, delighted, blissful, joyous, cheerful, merry, enjoying good of any kind
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Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sarhoş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4073
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “سرخوش”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 267
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سرخوش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 673
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ebrius”, 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 442
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سرخوش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2589
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sarhoş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سرخوش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1051
Persian
Etymology
سر (sar, “head”) + خوش (xoš, “happy”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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sarxwaš
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| Dari reading?
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sarxuš
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| Iranian reading?
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sarxoš
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| Tajik reading?
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sarxuš
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Adjective
سرخوش • (sarxoš) (comparative سرخوشتَر (sarxoš-tar), superlative سرخوشتَرین (sarxoš-tarin))
- happy
- tipsy, drunk
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