طمرسز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طمر (damar, “vein”) +‎ ـسز (-sız, “-less”).

Adjective

طمرسز • (damarsız)

1. base, ignoble, not honorable
2. slack, lacking diligence or care

   Synonym: گوشك (gevşek)

Derived terms

• طمرسزلق (damarsızlık, “slackness”)

Descendants

• Turkish: damarsız

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “damarsız”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1091
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طمرسز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1245