شمشك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish سوكوشاك‎ (sügüşek/süŋüşek), سوكوشاك‎ (sügşek/süŋşek), which is believed to derive from Proto-Turkic *süŋüĺek, a development from *süŋgü (“spear”); for the semantic development spear → lightning, compare Latin sagitta (“arrow”) and the Italian descendant saetta (“lightning”).

Noun

شمشك • (şimşek) (plural شمشكلر‎ (şimşekler))

lightning, the flash of light produced by a thunderbolt
Synonyms: برق‎ (berk), صاعقه‎ (sa'ika)

Derived terms

شمشك آغاجی‎ (şimşek ağacı, “spiny broom”)
شمشك چاقمق‎ (şimşek çakmak, “to glitter, flash”)
شمشكلمك‎ (şimşeklemek, “to glitter, flash”)

Descendants

Turkish: şimşek

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Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “شمشك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2860
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Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شمشك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1136

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