sarmaş dolaş

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صارماش طولاش (ṣarmaş dolaş),[1][2] from صارماش (ṣarmaş) + طولاش (dolaş),[3] equivalent to sar- (to wrap, to wind) + -ma + + dola- (to wind around) + .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɾˈmaʃ.do.ɫaʃ/
  • Hyphenation: sar‧maş‧do‧laş

Adverb

sarmaş dolaş

  1. (figuratively) In a hugging, cuddling state.

Derived terms

  • sarmaş dolaş olmak

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صارماش طولاش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1155
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صارماش طولاش اولمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 746
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sarmaş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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