خشین
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic خَشِن (ḵašin, “rough, coarse, uncouth”). Doublet of خشن (haşin, “rough, coarse, rugged”).
Adjective
خشین • (haşin) (comparative دخی خشین (dahı haşin), superlative اك خشین (eñ haşin))
- violent, brutal, vicious, savage, involving physical conflict, or likely to use physical force
- Synonyms: سرت (sert), شدتلو (şiddetli)
Descendants
- Turkish: haşin
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “خشین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 704
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “haşin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1893
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “haşîn”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 403
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خشین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 541
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “haşin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خشین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 850
Persian
Alternative forms
- خشن (xašen)
- اخشین (axšin) (archaic)
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *axšáyHnah (“blue; green”). Compare Ossetian ӕхсин (æxsin).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xa.ˈʃiːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xä.ʃiːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæ.ʃiːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χä.ʃin]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xašīn |
| Dari reading? | xašīn |
| Iranian reading? | xašin |
| Tajik reading? | xašin |
Adjective
خشین • (xašin)