وسوسه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَسْوَسَة (waswasa, “suggestion of the devil, temptation”), verbal noun of the verb وَسْوَسَ (waswasa, “to whisper”).
Noun
وسوسه • (vesvese or fesfese)
- (originally) temptation, enticement, evil suggestion, the desire to engage in short-term urges
- delusion, a false and unfounded thought that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts
- Synonym: قورندی (kuruntu)
Usage notes
The pronunciation fesfese is considered vulgar by Redhouse. Nişanyan notes the second meaning "delusion" overtook the original one since the 19th c.
Derived terms
- وسوسه ایتمك (vesvese etmek, “to be delusional”)
- وسوسهجی (vesveseci, “deluded person”)
- وسوسهخیز (vesvesehiz, “delusional”)
- وسوسهدار (vesvesedar, “deluded, anxious”)
- وسوسهلو (vesveseli, “deluded, anxious”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vesvese”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5114
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “vesvese”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1381
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وسوسه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1310
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Suggestio”, 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 1625
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “وسوسه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 5372
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vesvese”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وسوسه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2137
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَسْوَسَة (waswasa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /was.wa.ˈsa/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wäs.wä.sǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [væs.væ.sé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [väs.vä.sǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | waswasa |
| Dari reading? | waswasa |
| Iranian reading? | vasvase |
| Tajik reading? | vasvasa |
Noun
وسوسه • (vasvase)
Derived terms
- وسوسه شدن (vasvase šodan, “to be tempted”)
- وسوسه کردن (vasvase kardan, “to tempt”)
- وسوسهانگیز (vasvase-angiz, “tempting”)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “وسوسه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim