سرخوش
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- (rare) سارخوش (sarhoş)
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
- happy, delighted, blissful, joyous, cheerful, merry, enjoying good of any kind
Derived terms
- سرخوش اولمق (sarhoş olmak, “to get drunk”)
- سرخوشلق (sarhoşluk, “drunkenness”)
- سرخوشی (sarhoşi, “drunkenness”)
Descendants
- Turkish: sarhoş
- → Albanian: sarhosh
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[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 267
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سرخوش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), 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[3], 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[4], Vienna, column 2589
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sarhoş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سرخوش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1051
Persian
Etymology
From سر (sar, “head”) + خوش (xoš, “happy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /saɾ.ˈxʷaʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [säɾ.xʊʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæɹx.væʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [säɾ.χuʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sarxwaš |
| Dari reading? | sarxuš |
| Iranian reading? | sarxvaš |
| Tajik reading? | sarxuš |
Adjective
سرخوش • (sarxoš) (comparative سرخوشتَر, superlative سرخوشتَرین)