tedhiş

Turkish

Alternative forms
  • tethiş

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تدهیش (tedhiş, “bewilderment; terror”), from Arabic تَدْهِيش (tadhīš), from دَهِشَ (dahiša).

Noun

tedhiş (definite accusative tedhişi, plural tedhişler) (archaic)

  1. terror; (the act of) terrifying

Derived terms
  • tedhişât
  • tedhişçi

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تدهیش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 357
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tedhiş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تدهیش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 523
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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