sarmaş dolaş

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صارماش طولاش (ṣarmaş dolaş), from صارماش (ṣarmaş) +‎ طولاش (dolaş), equivalent to sar- (“to wrap, to wind”) +‎ -ma +‎ -ş +‎ dola- (“to wind around”) +‎ -ş.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɾˈmaʃ.do.ɫaʃ/
  • Hyphenation: sar‧maş‧do‧laş

Adverb

sarmaş dolaş

  1. (figuratively) In a hugging, cuddling state.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صارماش طولاش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1155
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صارماش طولاش اولمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 746
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sarmaş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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