متبصبص

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu.ta.basˤ.bisˤ/

Noun

مُتَبَصْبِص • (mutabaṣbiṣ) (form IIq)

1. active participle of تَبَصْبَصَ (tabaṣbaṣa)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: متبصبص (mütebasbıs), միւթէպասպըս (mütebasbıs), միւթէպասպիս (mütebasbis) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: mütebasbıs

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• միւթէպասպըս (mütebasbıs), միւթէպասպիս (mütebasbis) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَبَصْبِص (mutabaṣbiṣ).

Adjective

متبصبص • (mütebasbıs or mütebasbis)

1. sycophantic, flattering, fawning

Derived terms

• متبصبصانه (mütebasbısane)

 

Related terms

• تبصبص (tabasbus)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: mütebasbıs

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “متبصبص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1104b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “متبصبص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1681a
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “متبصبص”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1272c