شاشقینلق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • شاشقنلق (şaşkınlık)

Etymology

From شاشقین (şaşkın, “bewildered, puzzled; surprised; stupid, silly”) +‎ ـلق (-lik, -luk, “-ness, -hood”).

Noun

شاشقینلق • (şaşkınlık) (definite accusative شاشقینلغی (şaşkınlığı), plural شاشقینلقلر (şaşkınlıklar))

  1. bewilderment, confusion, disarray, perplexity, puzzlement, the state of being confused or bewildered
    Synonyms: تشوش (teşevvüs), قارشقلق (karışıklık)
  2. surprise, astonishment, stupefaction, amazement, disbelief, the state of being surprised or stupefied
    Synonym: حیرت (hayret)
  3. stupidity, imbecility, unintelligence, stolidness, dumbness, the state or being stupid, imbecile, or dumb
    Synonym: بوكلك (böñlük)

Derived terms

  • اولوم شاشقینلغی (ölüm şaşkınlığı, “astonishment of death”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: şaşkınlık

Further reading

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