zemheri

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

A vulgar form of Ottoman Turkish زمهریر (zemherir), from Arabic زَمْهَرِير‎ (zamharīr).

Noun

zemheri

  1. intense cold; the depths of winter
    zemheri zürafası (jocular) ― one who wears very inadequate clothes in winter
  2. (dialectal) January

Descendants
  • → Laz: ზემფერი (zemperi)

References
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zemheri”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1278a
  • Kowalski, Tadeusz (1930) “Zu den türkischen Monatsnamen”, in Archív Orientalni‎ (in German), volume 2, pages 16–17
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