شاشقین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From شاشـ (şaş-, “to be surprised, bewildered”) +‎ ـقین (-kın).

Adjective

شاشقین • (şaşkın) (comparative دخی شاشقین (dahı şaşkın), superlative اك شاشقین (eñ şaşkın))

  1. bewildered, confused, baffled, puzzled, mystified, perplexed, unable to think clearly or understand
    Synonyms: قارشق (karışık), مشوش (müşevveş)
  2. stupefied, surprised, astonished, astounded, showing surprise because of something unexpected
    Synonyms: شاشمش (şaşmış), متحیر (mütehâyir)
  3. silly, stupid, stolid, unclever, idiotic, unintelligent, dumb, brainless, without or lacking intelligence
    Synonyms: ابدال (abdal), احمق (ahmak), بدلا (budala), بوك (böñ)

Derived terms

  • شاشقین باقمق (şaşkın bakmak, “to look crazed”)
  • شاشقینلامق (şaşkınlamak, “to become bewildered or stupid”)
  • شاشقینلق (şaşkınlık, “bewilderment; stupidity”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: şaşkın
  • → Armenian: շաշխըն (šašxən)

Further reading

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “şaşkın”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “شاشقین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 130
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şaşkın”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4438
  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “شاشقن”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 283a
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شاشقین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 714b
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Confusus”, 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 243
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شاشقن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎[4], Vienna, column 2748
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شاشقین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1109
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