مخمور

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَخْمُور‎ (maḵmūr, “intoxicated”), from Arabic خَمْر‎ (ḵamr, “wine”).

Adjective

مخمور • (mahmur) (comparative دخی مخمور (dahı mahmur), superlative اڭ مخمور (eñ mahmur))

  1. drunk, intoxicated, in a state of stupor
    Synonym: سرخوش‎ (sarhoş)
  2. drowsy, heavy with sleepiness
  3. languorous, lacking vitality

Derived terms

  • مخمور چیچگى‎ (mahmur çiçeği, “crocus flower”, literally “drowsy flower”)
  • مخمورلق‎ (mahmurluk, “hangover”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: mahmur (“drunk, drowsy, languorous”, adjective)
  • Turkish: mahmurlaşmak (“to become drowsy”, verb)
  • Turkish: mahmurlaşma (“state of drowsiness”, noun)
  • → Armenian: մահմուռ (mahmuṙ), մախմուռ (maxmuṙ)
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: махму́рен (mahmúren, “sleepy following intoxication”, adjective)
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: махмурли́я (mahmurlíja, “hungover, drowsy”, adjective)
  • ⇒ Greek: μαχμουρλής (machmourlís, “half-awake, drowsy”, adjective), see μαχμουρλής at the Greek wiktionary
  • ⇒ Greek: μαχμουρλίδικος (machmourlídikos, “relating to drowsiness, languishing”, adjective)
  • ⇒ Greek: μαχμούρικα (machmoúrika, “languidly”, adverb)
  • ⇒ Hungarian: mámoros (“drunk, rapturous, ecstatic”, adjective)
  • ⇒ Hungarian: mámor (“stupor, ecstasy”, noun) (back-formation)
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