وسوسه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَسْوَسَة (waswasa, “suggestion of the devil, temptation”), which is a verbal noun of Arabic وَسْوَسَ (waswasa, “to whisper”).

Noun

وسوسه • (vesvese, fesfese)

(dated) an evil suggestion, temptation
Synonym: اغوا (iğva)
delusion, causeless fear, anxiety
Synonyms: قورندی (kuruntu), قایغو (kaygı)

Usage notes

The pronunciation fesfese is considered vulgar by Redhouse. Nişanyan notes the second meaning "delusion" overtook the original one since the 19th c.

Descendants

Turkish: vesvese (“delusion”)
→ Armenian: ֆէսֆէսէ (fēsfēsē), վասվասա (vasvasa)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vesvese”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وسوسه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2137

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