شمسیه

See also: شمسية

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَمْسِيَّة (šamsiyya, “umbrella; parasol”).

Noun

شمسیه • (şemsiye)

umbrella or parasol, a cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun
kind of pavilion, open about half round, and capable of being turned so as always to shade the occupant
(botany) umbel, a flat-topped or rounded flower cluster typical of the family Umbelliferae

Derived terms

شمسیه آغاجی (şemsiye ağacı, “pagoda tree”)
شمسیهجی (şemsiyeci, “maker or seller of umbrellas”)

Descendants

Turkish: şemsiye
→ Armenian: շեմշիյե (šemšiye)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şemsiye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4456
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شمسیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 734
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شمسیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1136

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