دلیشمن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Possibly from دلی (deli, “mad, insane”) +‎ ـش (-ş) +‎ ـمن (-men).[1]

Adjective

دلیشمن • (delişmen)

  1. frolicsome, playful, eccentric

Descendants

  • Turkish: delişmen
  • → Bulgarian: делишме́н (delišmén)

References

  1. ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “delişmen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1140

Further reading

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