شمشك

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish سوكوشاك (sügüşek/süŋüşek), سوكوشاك (sügşek/süŋşek), which is believed to derive from Proto-Turkic *süŋüĺek, a development from *süŋgü (“spear”); for the semantic development spear → lightning, compare Latin sagitta (“arrow”) and the Italian descendant saetta (“lightning”).

Noun

شمشك • (şimşek) (plural شمشكلر (şimşekler))

  1. lightning, the flash of light produced by a thunderbolt
    Synonyms: برق (berk), صاعقه (sa'ika)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: şimşek

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