شاشی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Related to شاشمق‎ (şaşmak). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (sašï, “confused, bewildered”), Kipchak [script needed] (šašï, “squint-eyed”),[1] etc.

Adjective

شاشی • (şaşı)

  1. squinting, squint-eyed
    Synonym: حولا‎ (havla)

Derived terms
  • شاشیلق‎ (şaşılık)

Descendants
  • Turkish: şaşı
  • → Armenian: շաշ (šaš), շաշի (šaši)

Further reading

References
  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “şaşı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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