شیشمان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From شیشـ (şiş-, “to swell, get fat”) +‎ ـمان (-man). This is one of the few native Turkish words to violate vowel harmony.

Adjective

شیشمان • (şişman)

  1. fat, fleshy, obese, plump, well-fed, corpulent, overweight, carrying more fat than usual on one's body
    Synonyms: سمیز (semiz), سمین (semin)

Derived terms

  • شیشمانلامق (şişmanlamak, “to grow fat, corpulent”)
  • شیشمانلانمق (şişmanlanmak, “to grow fat, corpulent”)
  • شیشمانلق (şişmanlık, “fatness, obesity”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: şişman
  • → Albanian: shishman
  • → Armenian: շիշման (šišman), շշման (ššman)
  • → Macedonian: шишман (šišman)

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